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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Bundle:

bun'-d'-l: Represents in English Versions of the Bible the words tseror, from a verb meaning "cramp" "bind," etc. (Ge 42:35; 1Sa 25:29; So 1:13); tsebheth, from a verb probably meaning "to grasp" (Ru 2:16); and deseme, from deo, "to tie up," "bind," hence, literally "bundle," just as the English word is derived from "bind" (Mt 13:30); and plethos, properly "multitude." The custom of binding up precious things in bundles (compare So 1:13) is the basis of the very interesting metaphor in 1Sa 25:29: "The soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh thy God," or perhaps better, "in the bundle of the living in the care of Yahweh"-an assurance of perfect safety.

Written by J. R. Van Pelt

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Bundle:

from deo, "to bind" (similarly, Eng. "bundle" is akin to "bind"), is used in Mat 13:30.

Bundle:

"a great number" (akin to pleo, "to fill"), is the word for the "bundle of sticks" which Paul put on the fire, Act 28:3.
See COMPANY, MULTITUDE.