Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Bondage

Bondage
 * Bondage Of Israel in Egypt (Ex. 2:23, 25; 5), which is called the "house of bondage" (13:3; 20:2). This word is used also with reference to the captivity in Babylon (Isa. 14:3), and the oppression of the Persian king (|Ezra 9:8, 9).