Bible Dictionaries
Chains

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

In Scripture those expressions are frequently made use of to denote the constraining love of Christ. Thus Christ speaks of his church; (Song of Song of Solomon 1:10; Son 4:9) and again, by way of shewing Christ's property in his church, "I put bracelets upon thine hands, and a chain on thy neck." (Ezekiel 16:11) And Paul, the apostle, delighted to call himself the Lord's prisoner. "For the hope of Israel (said he,) I am bound with this chain." (Acts 28:20) "Be not thou, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, of me his prisoner." (2 Timothy 1:8)

Bibliography Information
Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Chains'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​pmd/​c/chains.html. London. 1828.