Fetter
Fetter
(, zek, bond or chain in general, only in the plur. Job 36:8, else-where chains.” Psa 149:8; Isa 45:14; Nah 3:10; , ke’bel, sing. Perhaps the link joining the fetter, Psa 105:18; plur. and of iron, 149:8; -necho’sheth, brazen, in the dual, the appropriate term, Lam 3:7; Jdg 16:21; 2Sa 3:34; 2Ki 25:7; Jer 39:7; Jer 52:11; , implying that they were for the feet, in the plur., Mar 5:4; Luk 8:29; Sir 6:24; Sir 6:29; Sir 21:19), shackles or chains for binding prisoners, whether by the wrists or ankles. The Philistines bound Samson with fetters of copper (Jdg 16:21). Manasseh and Zedekiab, king of Judah were bound with fetters by the Chaldaens and carried to Babylon (2Ch 33:11; 2Ki 25:7). Manacles for the feet and hands are represented on the Assyrian monuments (Layard, Nineveh, ii, 376; Kitto, Daily Bible Illustrations, ii, 437). SEE CHAIN. ‘One mode of securing prisoners among the Egyptians, as depicted on the monuments,-was to enclose their hands in an elongated fetter of wood, made of two opposite segments, nailed together at each end, such as are used for a similar purpose in Egypt at the present day (Wilkinson, Ancient Egyptians, i, 410, abridgm.).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Fetter
FETTER.See Chain.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Fetter
feter: Found only in the plural in both Old Testament and New Testament; fetters of iron (Psa 105:18; Psa 149:8; so probably Mar 5:4; Luk 8:29) or brass (Jdg 16:21; 2Ki 25:7) were frequently used for securing prisoners. See CHAIN.
Figurative: of trouble (Job 36:8).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Fetter
“a fetter” (akin to peza, “the instep,” and pous, “a foot;” cp. Eng. prefix ped—), occurs in Mar 5:4; Luk 8:29. Cp. FOOT.