H2256 - חֶבֶל (chebel)

H2256 חֶבֶל (chebel) kheh'-bel

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

or chebel {khay'-bel}; from 2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin

KJV Usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֶ֫בֶל (che.vel) — Mahalab. This name means a cord, territory, region Another name of ach.lav (אַחְלָב "Ahlab" H0303)

חֵ֫בֶל (che.vel) — pain. 1) pain, sorrow, travail, pang 1a) pains of travail 1b) pains, pangs, sorrows

חֹבְלִים (chov.lim) — union. union

חֶ֫בֶל (che.vel) — destruction. destruction

חֶ֫בֶל (che.vel) — cord. 1) a cord, rope, territory, band, company 1a) a rope, cord 1b) a measuring-cord or line 1c) a measured portion, lot, part, region 1d) a band or company § destruction

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חֵבֶל (H2256b)

noun m · חבל

Spasm

labor-pain = experience of having painful contractions of the womb; ◄ caused by advanced state of pregnancy; ► and resulting in the birth of new offspring; ≈ associated with fear and agony

JOB 21:17 · ISA 13:8 · ISA 26:17 · ISA 66:7 · JER 13:21 · JER 22:23 · JER 49:24 · HOS 13:13

Birth

young (of animal) = newly born animal

JOB 39:3

Reinier de Blois

חֶבֶל (H2256a · H2256d)

noun m · חבל

Cords

rope, cord = piece of stout cord; ◄ made by twisting together palm fibres, linen, or reeds; ► used for tying and keeping things together, climbing, measuring, drawing things to oneself, making traps, etc.; ≈ often used in a figurative sense to refer to conditions that try to take control of people; a rope tied around the head is a symbol of submission

JOS 2:15 · 2SA 8:2 · 2SA 8:2 · 2SA 8:2 · 2SA 17:13 · 1KI 20:31 · 1KI 20:32 · EST 1:6 · JOB 40:25 · PSA 16:6 · PSA 78:55 · ECC 12:6 · ISA 5:18 · ISA 5:18 · ISA 5:18 · ISA 33:20 · ISA 33:23 · JER 38:6 · JER 38:11 · JER 38:12 · JER 38:13 · EZK 27:24 · HOS 11:4 · AMO 7:17 · MIC 2:5 · ZEC 2:5

Traps | ≈ זֵק · מַלְכֹּדֶת · פַּח · צַמִּים · רֶשֶׁת · שְׂבָכָה

noose, trap literally: rope; hence: = rope tied into a noose, attached to the other end to a bent bough or small tree that springs upright and tightens the noose around the victim when the trap is sprung; ► used for hunting animals; ≈ associated with aggression and control

2SA 22:6 · JOB 18:10 · JOB 36:8 · PSA 18:5 · PSA 18:6 · PSA 116:3 · PSA 119:61 · PSA 140:6 · PRO 5:22

Land

area, land, district literally: rope (of land); hence: = piece of land; ► owned or occupied by an individual or a group of people

DEU 3:4 · DEU 3:13 · DEU 3:14 · JOS 17:5 · JOS 17:14 · JOS 19:9 · JOS 19:29 · 1KI 4:13 · 1CH 16:18 · PSA 105:11 · EZK 47:13 · ZEP 2:5 · ZEP 2:6 · ZEP 2:7

Possess | ≈ חֵלֶק

possession, property = object that is owned by someone else

DEU 32:9

Associate

group, band literally: rope (of people); hence: = a group of people

1SA 10:5 · 1SA 10:10

noun m · חבל

Impact

destruction = act of bringing destruction and suffering upon objects

MIC 2:10

¹ ISA 5:18 · MIC 2:10 Some commentators suppose that "cord of deceit" refers to the knotted strands of a cord used in a Babylonian magical ritual to attract evil (De Waard 1997:27).

Reinier de Blois

חֹבְלִים (H2256c)

noun m · חבל

Associate

union, unity = state where two or more groups of people are associated

ZEC 11:7 · ZEC 11:14

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֶ֫בֶל n.m. f. cord, territory, band cord, rope

measuring-cord, line

measured portion, lot, part, region

band, company of prophets

base

חֵ֫בֶל n.m. pain, pang pains of travail

of other than birth-pangs

base

חֹבְלִים n.[m.]pl. union (lit. binders) name of Zec.’s second symbolic staff base

חֶ֫בֶל n.m. destruction—Mi 2:10 ref