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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2256 - חֶבֶל

Transliteration

chebel

Phonetics

kheh'-bel, khay'-bel

Origin

from (H2254)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

592b,595a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

a cord, rope, territory, band, company
1. a rope, cord
2. a measuring-cord or line
3. a measured portion, lot, part, region
4. a band or company
pain, sorrow, travail, pang
1. pains of travail
2. pains, pangs, sorrows
union
destruction

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1312 ‑ διαφθορά (dee‑af‑thor‑ah'); 2819 ‑ κλῆρος (klay'‑ros); 3601 ‑ ὀδύνη (od‑oo'‑nay); 4066 ‑ περίχωρος (per‑ikh'‑o‑ros); 4192 ‑ πόνος (pon'‑os); 4577 ‑ σειρά (si‑rah'); 4979 ‑ σχοινίον (skhoy‑nee'‑on); 5356 ‑ φθορά (fthor‑ah'); 5525 ‑ χορός (khor‑os'); 5604 ‑ ὠδίν (o‑deen'); 5604 ‑ ὠδίν (o‑deen'); 4979 ‑ σχοινίον (skhoy‑nee'‑on);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (55)

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 5

Psalms 8

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 7

Ezekiel 1

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zephaniah 2

Zechariah 1

BSB (60)

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 5

Psalms 8

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 7

Ezekiel 2

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Micah 2

Zephaniah 3

Zechariah 3

CSB (56)

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 3

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 5

Psalms 8

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 7

Ezekiel 2

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Micah 2

Zephaniah 3

Zechariah 3

ESV (55)

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 6

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 5

Psalms 8

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 7

Ezekiel 2

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Micah 2

Zephaniah 3

Zechariah 1

KJV (60)

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 5

Psalms 8

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 7

Ezekiel 2

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Micah 2

Zephaniah 3

Zechariah 1

LEB (60)

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 5

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 4

1 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 5

Psalms 8

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 7

Ezekiel 2

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Micah 2

Zephaniah 3

Zechariah 3

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (60)

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 5

Psalms 8

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 7

Ezekiel 2

Hosea 2

Amos 1

Micah 2

Zephaniah 3

Zechariah 1

ASV (55)

a band 1

a noose 1

all the region 3

and ropes 1

and sorrows 2

and the coast 1

before her pain 1

behold, a band 1

by a cord 1

by cords 1

by line 2

by the region 1

coast 1

cord 1

for me, and cords 1

in her pangs 1

in the cords 1

is the lot 1

line 2

lines 1

out of the part 1

part 1

parts 1

ropes 1

shalt thou be when pangs 1

sorrows 1

the cords 5

the line 1

the lines 1

the lot 2

the sorrows 1

their pains 1

them with cords 1

them with the line 1

thy tacklings 1

to thee? shall not sorrows 1

under the cords 1

up, neither shall any of the cords 1

with a cord 1

with cords 4

with the cords 2

BSB (60)

a group 2

a noose 1

and anguish 1

and pain 1

and ropes 2

as the portion 2

as well as the region 1

by a measuring line 1

by a rope 1

called union 1

cord 1

destruction 2

entangle him 1

his allotted 1

in cords 1

in pain 1

in the region 1

length 1

lengths 1

line 1

of 1

of its cords 1

pains 1

pangs of anguish 1

region 3

ropes 1

shall receive two portions 1

shares 1

she was in pain 1

so the seacoast 1

the coast will belong 1

the cords 4

the land 1

the lines 1

the ropes 1

their newborn 1

though the ropes 1

to pad the ropes 1

union 1

was taken from the territory 1

when pangs of anguish 1

with a cord 1

with a rope 1

with cords 4

with ropes 2

with the ropes 1

your ropes 1

CSB (56)

a rope 1

agony 1

coastland 1

cord 2

cords 3

destruction 2

group 2

her pains 1

in pain 1

its cords 1

length 1

lengths 1

line 1

lines 1

lot 1

measuring line 1

pains 3

portion 2

region 3

rope 2

ropes 11

shares 1

the cords 1

the land 1

the region 1

the ropes 4

the territory 1

their newborn 1

tracts 1

union 2

when labor pains 1

ESV (55)

agony 1

cord 2

cords 13

destruction 1

group 2

line 4

lines 2

lot 1

measuring line 1

pain 1

pains 1

pangs 4

portion 5

portions 1

region 3

rope 2

ropes 6

seacoast 1

snares 1

sorrows 1

two portions 1

young 1

KJV (60)

bands 1

coast 4

company 2

cord 4

cords 12

country 1

destruction 1

line 5

lines 2

lot 3

pain 1

pangs 2

portion 2

portions 2

region 3

ropes 3

snare 1

sorrows 10

tacklings 1

LEB (60)

a line 1

a procession of 2

a region 1

and cords 1

and in the vanity of 1

and labor pains 2

and ropes 2

and the region of 1

and you, o region of 1

as the allotment 1

by boundary line 1

by ropes 2

by the ropes 1

cord 1

cords 2

destruction 1

hebel 1

his rope 1

in her labor pains 1

in the cords of 1

its ropes 1

labor pains 2

pains 1

region of 2

rope 1

ropes 1

share 1

shares 1

the cords of 1

the labor pains of 1

the measuring lines 1

the portion 1

the portion of 1

the region of 1

the ropes 1

the ropes of 4

the share of 1

their labor pains 1

them with a rope 1

them with the cord 1

ties⌋ 1

two shares 1

unity 2

when labor pains 1

with a cord⌋ 1

with a line 1

with cords of 1

with the cords of 1

your riggings 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (60)

a band 1

a noose 1

all the region 3

and ropes 2

and sorrows 2

before her pain 1

by a cord 1

by cords 1

by line 2

by the region 1

coast 2

cord 1

destruction 1

in her pangs 1

in the cords 1

is the lot 1

line 2

lines 1

out of the part 1

part 1

parts 1

ropes 1

shall have two portions 1

sorrows 1

the coast 1

the cords 5

the land 1

the lines 1

the lot 2

the ropes 1

the sorrows 1

their labor pains 1

them with cords 1

them with the line 1

to him belonged the region 1

under the cords 1

with a cord 1

with cords 4

with the cords 1

you will be when pangs 1

your rigging 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2141) l b h (ההבל HhBL) AC: Bind CO: Rope AB: ?: To bind something by wrapping it around with a rope. [from: bh- as being enclose]

V) l b h (ההבל HhBL) - I. Bind:To be bound as with ropes. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Pledge:To be bound. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (35): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual, Piel) destroy, pledge, band, brought, corrupt, offend, spoil, travail, withhold, hurt - Strongs: H2254 (חָבַל), H2255 (חֲבַל)

N^m) l b h (ההבל HhBL) - I. Cord:Used for binding around. II. Region:As bound with borders. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (63): sorrow, cord, line, coast, portion, region, lot, rope, company, pang, band, country, destruction, pain, snare, tackling, hurt, damage - Strongs: H2256 (חֶבֶל), H2257 (חֲבָל)

c^m) l f b h (ההבול HhBWL) - Pledge: As a binding. KJV (4): pledge - Strongs: H2258 (חֲבֹלָה)

d^f1) e l f b h (ההבולה HhBWLH) - Crime: What causes one to become bound in ropes. [Aramaic only] KJV (1): hurt - Strongs: H2248 (חֲבוּלָה)

e^m) l b i h (ההיבל HhYBL) - Mast: What the sail of a ship is attached to using ropes. KJV (1): mast - Strongs: H2260 (חִבֵּל)

g^m) l b f h (ההובל HhWBL) - Sailor: One who uses ropes on a ship. KJV (5): pilot - Strongs: H2259 (חֹבֵל)

id^f1) e l f b h t (תההבולה THhBWLH) - Council: As surrounding one with advice. KJV (6): counsel, advice - Strongs: H8458 (תַּחְבּוּלָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. חֶ֫בֶל noun masculine^{Joshua 2:14} feminine^{Zephaniah 2:6} (but see below) cord, territory, band; ׳ח absolute Joshua 2:15 +; construct Deuteronomy 3:4 +, חֵ֫בֶל Joshua 19:29; suffix חַבְלוֺ Job 18:10; plural חֲבָלִים 2 Samuel 8:2 10t. + Ezekiel 47:13; Job 21:7 see below; construct חַבְלֵי Joshua 17:5 5t.; חֶבְלֵי Psalm 116:3 2t. + Psalm 18:5 (read משׁברי see below); suffix הֲבָלָ֑יִךְ Isaiah 33:23; חֲבָלָיו Isaiah 33:20; —

1 cord, rope, by which men were lowered Joshua 2:15 (JE), Jeremiah 38:6,11,12,13, or stones dragged 2 Samuel 17:13; of tents Isaiah 33:20; tackling of ship Isaiah 33:23; for binding Ezekiel 27:24; Job 40:25; Esther 1:6; symbol of captivity or subjection 1 Kings 20:31,32; figurative of snare for wicked Job 18:10 ("" מַלְכֻּדְתּוֺ), set by wicked Psalm 140:6 ("" מַּה); Psalm 119:61 cords of wicked men have surrounded me; of wicked held בחבלי חַטָּאתוֺ Proverbs 5:22; ׳חהָשָּׁ֑וְא Isaiah 5:18 cords ( ropes) of wickedness ("" כַּעֲבוֺתהָעֲגָלָה); of cords of distress (עֹ֑נִי) Job 36:8 ("" וִקִּים); so חֶבְלֵי מָוֶת (probably) Psalm 116:3, חֶבְלֵי שׁאוֺל Psalm 18:6 = 2 Samuel 22:6 ("" מוֺקְשֵׁי מָוֶת); — for חֶבְלֵי מות Psalm 18:5 read מִשְׁבְּרֵי, see 2 Samuel 22:5 and "" נַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל, De Che Bae; to draw בְּחַבְלֵי אָדָם Hosea 11:4 (i.e. humanely, kindly); of cord of life חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף Ecclesiastes 12:6.

2 measuring-cord, line מִדָּה׳ח Zechariah 2:5; so ׳ח alone 2 Samuel 8:2 (3t. in verse); Amos 7:17; Micah 2:5; Psalm 78:55; figurative (of favoured life) Psalm 16:5; in General of one's portion, fortune Job 21:17 according to ᵑ7 Thes Add. Ew Di and others, but < see חֵבֶל. Thence

3 measured portion, lot, part, region, נַחֲלָה׳ח inherited portion Deuteronomy 32:9; 1 Chronicles 16:18 = Psalm 105:11; also ׳ח alone Joshua 17:5,14; Joshua 19:9; Ezekiel 47:13 (חבלים; ᵑ9ᵑ7 read as dual, see Ew Sm Da and others; Co strike out on internal grounds); of particular regions אַרְגֹּב׳ח Deuteronomy 3:4,13,14; 1 Kings 4:13; אַכְזִיב׳ח Joshua 19:29 (si vera 1., see WMM^{Asien 194}); הַיָּם׳ח Zephaniah 2:5; also Zephaniah 2:6, but ׳היתה ח here dubious; Sta proposes 2 feminine singular הָיִת, and strike out הים׳ח; without הים, Zephaniah 2:7.

4 band, company of prophets 1 Samuel 10:5,10. — II.חֶבֶל see below II. חָבַל.

חֵ֫בֶל noun masculine^{Isaiah 66:7} (but see Jeremiah 49:24) pain, pang; — ׳ח absolute Isaiah 66:7; elsewhere plural חֲבָלִים Isaiah 13:8 3t. + Job 21:17 see below; construct חֶבְלֵי Hosea 13:13; suffix חֲבָלֶיהָ Isaiah 26:17; חֶבְלֵיהֶם Job 39:3 (on suffix see Ges^{§ 135}, 5, R 1); — pain, pang:

1 pains of travail:

a. object of תְּשַׁלַּחְנָה Job 39:3 meton. for off spring ("" יַלְדֵיהֶן; see Di; of goats and hinds).

b. simile of distress of exiles Isaiah 26:17; figurative of anguish of nations צִירִים וַחֲבָלִים יאֹחֵזוּן Isaiah 13:8 ("" כַּיּוֺלֵדָה יְחִילוּן), also Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 49:24; of crisis of redemption Hosea 13:13 ("" חֶבְלֵי יוֺלֵדָה), of birth of new Israel Isaiah 66:7.

2 of other than birth-pangs onlyחבלים Job 21:17; pains, pangs, sorrows (so ᵐ5ᵑ9 Thes, — otherwise Add. — Rob-Ges Hi Da and others; "" נֵר יִדְעָ֑ךְ, יָבאֹ אֵידָם ); > others, portion, fortune, see חֶבֶל.

חֹבְלִים noun [masculine] plural union (literally binders) name of Zechariah's second symbolic staff Zechariah 11:7 and with article Zechariah 11:14. see חָבַל 1

II. חֶ֫בֶל noun masculine destruction — חֶבֶל נִמְרָץ Micah 2:10; compare II.חָבַל

Pi`el above

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֶבֶל m. (once f. Zephaniah 2:6), with suff. חַבְלִי pl. חֲבָלִים const. חֶבְלֵי Psalms 18:5, 116:3, and חַבְלֵי Joshua 17:5

(1) a cord, a rope (Arab. حَبْلُ, Syr. ܚܰܒܠܳ Ethiop. ሐብል፡ To this answer Gr. κάμιλος, French [and English] cable, nor was there ground for the rejection of the Greek word as fictitious, as was done by some philologists, see Passow. Lex. i, 779). Joshua 2:15. Ecclesiastes 12:6, חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף “a cord made of silver threads.”

(2) especially a measuring line, Amos 7:17; 2 Samuel 8:2 hence

(a) a measured field, given to any one by lot, Joshua 17:14, 19:9, and thus inheritance, portion, possession. Psal. 16:6, חֲבָלִים נָֽפְלוּ־לִי בַּנְּעִימִים “a portion has been allotted to me in a pleasant region.” Deuteronomy 32:9, יַעֲקֹב חֶבֶל נַחֲלָתוֹ “Jacob (is) his possession.” Hence, in a general sense, a tract of land, a region, Deuteronomy 3:4, 13:14. חֶבֶל הַיָּם a maritime district, sea-coast, Zephaniah 2:5, Zephaniah 2:6.

(3) a gin, a noose, a snare, Psalms 140:6; Job 18:10. חֶבְלֵי מָוֶת שְׁאוֹל, “snares of death, of Hades” [if this word and the preceding are to be taken together, (and from the connection with the N. Test. it appears that these occurrences must at least belong to the former,) these expressions signify the pangs (or sorrows) of death, of Hades], Psalms 18:5, Psalms 18:6, 116:3.

(4) a band of men, a company, 1 Samuel 10:5, 10 1 Samuel 10:10(comp. Germ. Bande, Rotte [Engl. band]).

[“(5) destruction (compare Piel No. 2), Micah 2:10, well rendered by the Syr. and Vulg.”]

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List of Word Forms

בְּחֶ֣בֶל בְּחַבְלֵ֣י בְּחַבְלֵ֨י בְּחַבְלֵי־ בַּֽחֲבָלִ֔ים בַּחֲבָלִ֑ים בַּחֲבָלִ֧ים בַּחֲבָלִֽים׃ בַּחֲבָלֶ֑יהָ בַּחֶ֖בֶל בַּחֶ֙בֶל֙ בַּחֶ֣בֶל בחבל בחבלי בחבלי־ בחבליה בחבלים בחבלים׃ הַחֶ֖בֶל הַחֹֽבְלִ֑ים החבל החבלים וְחֶ֣בֶל וְחֶ֥בֶל וַֽחֲבָלִים֙ וַחֲבָלִ֗ים וַחֲבָלִ֛ים וַחֲבָלִ֣ים וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶל ובחבל וחבל וחבלים חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים חֲבָלִ֑ים חֲבָלִ֔ים חֲבָלִ֣ים חֲבָלִֽים׃ חֲבָלִים֙ חֲבָלָ֑יִךְ חֲבָלָ֖יו חֵ֛בֶל חֶ֖בֶל חֶ֗בֶל חֶ֝֗בֶל חֶ֣בֶל חֶ֤בֶל חֶ֥בֶל חֶֽבֶל־ חֶבְלֵ֣י חֶבְלֵ֥י חֶבְלֵי־ חֶבְלֵיהֶ֥ם חַבְל֑וֹ חַבְלֵֽי־ חֹֽבְלִ֔ים חבל חבל־ חבלו חבלי חבלי־ חבליהם חבליו חבליך חבלים חבלים׃ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃ יתמך׃ לַחֲבָלִ֑ים לחבלים מֵחֶ֙בֶל֙ מֵחֶ֥בֶל מחבל ba·ḥă·ḇā·le·hā ba·ḥă·ḇā·lîm ba·ḥe·ḇel bachavaLeiha bachavaLim baChevel baḥăḇālehā baḥăḇālîm baḥeḇel bə·ḥaḇ·lê bə·ḥaḇ·lê- bə·ḥe·ḇel bechavlei beChevel bəḥaḇlê bəḥaḇlê- bəḥeḇel chavaLav chavaLayich chavaLim chavlei chavLo Chevel chevLei chevleiHem choeLim ḥă·ḇā·lā·yiḵ ḥă·ḇā·lāw ḥă·ḇā·lîm ha·ḥe·ḇel ha·ḥō·ḇə·lîm ḥaḇ·lê- ḥaḇ·lōw ḥăḇālāw ḥăḇālāyiḵ ḥăḇālîm ḥaḇlê- ḥaḇlōw haChevel hachoeLim haḥeḇel haḥōḇəlîm ḥe·ḇel ḥê·ḇel ḥe·ḇel- ḥeḇ·lê ḥeḇ·lê- ḥeḇ·lê·hem ḥeḇel ḥêḇel ḥeḇel- ḥeḇlê ḥeḇlê- ḥeḇlêhem ḥō·ḇə·lîm ḥōḇəlîm la·ḥă·ḇā·lîm lachavaLim laḥăḇālîm mê·ḥe·ḇel meChevel mêḥeḇel ū·ḇə·ḥe·ḇel ūḇəḥeḇel uveChevel vachavaLim veChevel wa·ḥă·ḇā·lîm waḥăḇālîm wə·ḥe·ḇel wəḥeḇel yit·tā·mêḵ yittaMech yittāmêḵ