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Bible Encyclopedias
Fetters
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Chains or shackles by which the feet may be fastened either together or to some heavy object. The most usual term for fetters in the Bible is "neḥushtayim" (Judges 16:21; 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Kings 25:7; Jeremiah 39:7, 52:11; 2 Chronicles 33:11, 36:6), indicating that they were made of brass; the dual form shows that they were made in pairs. There were also iron fetters, called in Hebrew "kebel"; in Psalms 105:18 this noun is used in the singular, and in Ps. cxlix in the plural construct state, which proves that the feet were fastened by means of the fetters to some other object. An additional Hebrew term for fetters is "ziḳḳim" (Job 36:8; Psalms 149:8; Isaiah 45:14; Nahum 3:10), derived from a root meaning "to bind," and which may be applied even to ropes. See CHAINS.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Fetters'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/f/fetters.html. 1901.
