Strong’s H2256
חֶבֶל — chebel
חֶבֶל (chebel, Strong’s H2256) means: a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a c.
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
- H2256
- /kheh'-bel/
- 62× in the Bible
- Transliteration
- chebel
- Pronunciation
- kheh'-bel
- Occurrences
- 62
Meaning
- Hebrew
- חֶבֶל
- Definition
- 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
- Derivation
- or חֵבֶל; from H2254 (חָבַל);
- King James Version renders it as
- band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Derived from
- חָבַל châbalH2254 · to wind tightly · 27×
Words derived from chebel
- תַּחְבֻּלָה tachbulâhH8458 · steerage (as a management of rope · 7×
Where it appears
The first verses that use chebel (62 times in all).
Sources
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