Often bound

(πολλακις δεδεσθα). Perfect passive infinitive, state of completion. With fetters (πεδαις, from πεζα, foot, instep) and chains, bound hand and foot, but all to no purpose. The English plural of foot is feet (Anglo-Saxon fot, fet) and fetter is feeter.Rent asunder

(διεσπασθα). Drawn (σπαω) in two (δια- same root as δυο, two). Perfect passive infinitive.Broken in pieces

(συντετριφθα.) Perfect passive infinitive again, from συντριβω, to rub together. Rubbed together, crushed together. Perhaps the neighbours who told the story could point to broken fragments of chains and fetters. The fetters may have been cords, or even wooden stocks and not chains.No man had strength to tame him

(ουδεις ισχυεν αυτον δαμασα). Imperfect tense. He roamed at will like a lion in the jungle.

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Old Testament