Cord Ancient uses of:
- In casting lots
Micah 2:5
- Fastening tents
Exodus 35:18; Exodus 39:40; Isaiah 54:2
- Leading or binding animals
Psalms 118:27; Hosea 11:4
- Hitching to cart or plough
Job 39:10
- Binding prisoners
Judges 15:13
- Measuring ground
2 Samuel 8:2; Joshua 17:14; Psalms 78:55; Amos 7:17; Zechariah 2:1
- Worn on the head as a sign of submission
1 Kings 20:31
Figurative:
- Of spiritual blessings
Psalms 16:6
- Of sin
Proverbs 5:22
- Of life
Ecclesiastes 12:6
- Of friendship
Ecclesiastes 4:12; Hosea 11:4
Symbolic uses of:
- Token in mourning
1 Kings 20:33; Job 36:8
- Signifying an inheritance
Joshua 17:14