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  • This word is frequently used in its proper sense, for fastening a tent (Ex. 35:18; 39:40), yoking animals to a cart (Isa. 5:18), binding prisoners (Judg. 15:13; Ps. 2:3; 129:4), and measuring ground (2 Sam. 8:2; Ps. 78:55).

  • DEATH—Figuratively, death is spoken of as the giving way of the tent-cord (Job 4:21. “Is not their tent-cord plucked up?” Revised Version).

  • TO GIRD ONE’S SELF WITH A CORD was a token of sorrow and humiliation.

  • TO STRETCH A LINE OVER A CITY meant to level it with the ground (Lam. 2:8).

  • THE “CORDS OF SIN” are the consequences or fruits of sin (Prov. 5:22).

  • A “THREEFOLD CORD” is a symbol of union (Eccl. 4:12).

  • THE “CORDS OF A MAN” (Hos. 11:4) means that men employ, in inducing each other, methods such as are suitable to men, and not “cords” such as oxen are led by.

  • CORDS OF VANITY—Isaiah (5:18) says,


    This verse is thus given in the Chaldee paraphrase:



    Henderson in his commentary says:
