Someone owning someone

Have you ever heard someone owns someone? I wonder what that means. I don't think I can ever say I own my kid or I own my wife. That's just wrong. All Christian parents know that our kids are God's and we, as parents, are stewards. Saying "you are mine" is different from "you are my wife". "You are mine" is more like an object-owner relationship. "You are my wife" is a human-human intimate relationship.

Regarding owning, I can think of the following cases:

1. God owns us. That's pretty easy to understand.
2. I own a house. So, it is like human owning an object, not a human.
3. I own a dog. Again, not a human.
4. I own a slave. Although theoretically a human, but actually more like a property.
5. A company owns its employee. Hmm... well... this is more like a service buying thing. Company pays the employee to work. So, it may be said that the company owns its employee during the working hours. It may be more accurate to say the company owns its employee's work and service, not the employee as a person.

So, when you heard he/she/it/they own someone, I wonder what that means. I wonder whether that "someone" has any say. And I wonder how that "someone" feels.

Having said all that, being owned can be very comforting. Being owned by the almighty loving sovereign God is very comforting. Dear Lord, I belong to you. Amen!