Bands
   (1) of love (Hos. 11:4); (2) of Christ (Ps. 2:3); (3) uniting
   together Christ's body the church (Col. 2:19; 3:14; Eph. 4:3);
   (4) the emblem of the captivity of Israel (Ezek. 34:27; Isa.
   28:22; 52:2); (5) of brotherhood (Ezek. 37:15-28); (6) no bands
   to the wicked in their death (Ps. 73:4; Job 21:7; Ps. 10:6).
   Also denotes chains (Luke 8:29); companies of soldiers (Acts
   21:31); a shepherd's staff, indicating the union between Judah
   and Israel (Zech. 11:7).