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Lexicon :: Strong's H2254 - ḥāḇal

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חָבַל
Transliteration
ḥāḇal
Pronunciation
khaw-bal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 592,593,594,5

Strong’s Definitions

חָבַל châbal, khaw-bal'; a primitive root; to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition):—× at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, × very, withhold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H2254 in the following manner: destroy (7x), take a pledge (5x), pledge (5x), bands (2x), brought forth (2x), at all (1x), corrupt (1x), corruptly (1x), offend (1x), spoil (1x), travaileth (1x), very (1x), withholden (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H2254 in the following manner: destroy (7x), take a pledge (5x), pledge (5x), bands (2x), brought forth (2x), at all (1x), corrupt (1x), corruptly (1x), offend (1x), spoil (1x), travaileth (1x), very (1x), withholden (1x).

  1. to bind

    1. (Qal)

      1. to bind

  2. to take a pledge, lay to pledge

    1. (Qal) to hold by a pledge, take in pledge, hold in pledge

    2. (Niphal) to give a pledge, become pledged

  3. to destroy, spoil, deal corruptly, offend

    1. (Qal) to spoil, corrupt, offend

    2. (Niphal) to be ruined

    3. (Piel) to destroy, ruin

    4. (Pual) to be ruined, be broken

  4. to bring forth, travail

    1. (Piel) to writhe, twist, travail

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָבַל châbal, khaw-bal'; a primitive root; to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition):—× at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, × very, withhold.
STRONGS H2254: Abbreviations
† I. [חָבַל] verb bind, pledge (Arabic حَبَلَ bind; compare Aramaic Lfbo, Lebfo travail; חֲבַל pledge (but rare and dubious); especially Hbfo cord, field, חַבְלָא cord, Hbeo, חֶבְלָא pain, especially of travail; Sabean חבל border-territory, or field, SabDenkm48. 49; Ethiopic ሐበለ፡ ZimBP 93 n., compare Assyrian naḫbalu, rope, snare (but ḫ = خ)) —
Qal Perfect חָבָ֑ל Ezekiel 18:16 Imperfect יַחֲבֹל Deuteronomy 24:6; 2nd person masculine singular תַּחֲבֹל Deuteronomy 24:17; תַּחְבֹּל Ezekiel 22:25; Job 22:6; יַחְבְּלוּ Job 24:3; יַחְבֹּ֑לוּ Job 24:9; Imperative suffix חַבְלֵהוּ Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 27:13; Infinitive absolute חָבֹל Exodus 22:25; Participle active חֹבֵל Deuteronomy 24:6, compare חֹבְלִים Zechariah 11:7, 14 (name of מַקֵּל); passive חֲבֻלִים Amos 2:8; —
1. bind, only in חֹבְלִים, name of one of Zechariah's symbolic staves, Zechariah 11:7, 14 symbolic of fraternity. Especially
2. bind by taking a pledge of, hold by a pledge, followed by accusative of person Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 27:13; Job 22:6; take or hold in pledge, followed by accusative of thing Exodus 22:25 (J E), Deuteronomy 24:6 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 24:17; Job 24:3; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb חֲבֹל Ezekiel 18:16; עַלעָֿנִי יַחְבֹּ֑לוּ Job 24:9 probably pregnant (see Di) take pledges (getting power) over the poor; בְּגָדִים חֲבֻלִים Amos 2:8 garments taken in pledge.
Niph. Imperfect יֵחָ֫בֶל לוֺ Proverbs 13:13 becometh pledged to it (i.e. pledged to pay the penalty, opposed to יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם), so Ew Hi De Now Str RVm VB. > below II. חָבַל which see.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular חִבְּלָה Songs 8:5; חִבְּלַתְךָ Songs 8:5; Imperfect יְחַבֶּלֿ Psalm 7:15; — writhe, twist, hence travail; of mother Songs 8:5 (twice in verse) (with accusative of child; || יְלָדָ֑תְךָ); metaphor of wicked man יְחַבֶּלאָֿ֑וֶן וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָֽׁקֶר ׃ Psalm 7:15.

II. חָבַל verb act (ruinously) corruptly (Late Hebrew id. wound, injure; Arabic حَبَلَ corrupt or render unsound (the mind, a limb, etc.), حَبِلَ be deranged (in mind); Assyrian ḫabâlu, injure, VR62, 11; Aramaic Lebfo, חַבֵּל corrupt, ruin; Ethiopic ተነበለ፡ be arrogant, audacious; Sabean חֿבל DHMEpigr. Denkm. 48; compare Palmyrene חבל mortuus VogNo. 161 and often) —
Qal Perfect 1st person plural חָבַלְנוּ Nehemiah 1:7; Imperfect 1st person singular אֶחְבֹּל Job 34:31; Infinitive construct (used as absolute) Nehemiah 1:7; — act corruptly against, חֲבֹל חבלנו לְ Nehemiah 1:7; absolute Job 34:31.
Niph. Imperfect יֵחָ֫בֶל לוֺ Proverbs 13:13 shall be ruined (לְ reflexive), Thes Rob-Ges AV RV, but < I. חָבַל (which see).
Pi. ruin, destroy: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְחִבֵּל את מעשׂה ידיך Ecclesiastes 5:5, subject God. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תְּחַבֵּל וְחֶבֶל נִמְרָץ Micah 2:10 that destroyeth, even with sore destruction; but read rather נ׳ תְּחֻבְּלוּ ח׳ ye shall be destroyed with etc., so Greek Version of the LXX Roo Che. Infinitive construct לְחַבֵּל with accusative, the poor Isaiah 32:7, the land Isaiah 13:5; absolute Isaiah 54:16; compare Participle plural מְחַבְּלִים Songs 2:15 with accusative of foxes ruining vineyards.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְחֻבַּל consecutive Isaiah 10:27 of yoke, be ruined, broken, si vera lectio; RSJPh xiii. 1885, p. 62 proposes יחדל, compare also Checritical note.; and remark by Di Du; 3rd person feminine singular חֻבָּ֑לָה Job 17:1 my spirit is broken (|| יָמַי נִזְעָ֑כוּ); Imperfect 2nd person masculine plural תְּחֻבְּלוּ Micah 2:10 (emendation: see above).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2255.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

22:25; 22:25

Deuteronomy

24:6; 24:6; 24:6; 24:17; 24:17

Nehemiah

1:7; 1:7; 1:7

Job

17:1; 22:6; 22:6; 24:3; 24:3; 24:9; 24:9; 34:31; 34:31

Psalms

7:15; 7:15

Proverbs

13:13; 13:13; 20:16; 20:16; 27:13; 27:13

Ecclesiastes

5:5

Song of Songs

2:15; 8:5; 8:5; 8:5

Isaiah

10:27; 13:5; 32:7; 54:16

Ezekiel

18:16; 18:16; 22:25

Amos

2:8; 2:8

Micah

2:10; 2:10

Zechariah

11:7; 11:7; 11:14; 11:14

H2254

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2254 matches the Hebrew חָבַל (ḥāḇal),
which occurs 27 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26 - “If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:6 - “No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’s living in pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - “You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:7 - “We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:1 - “My spirit is broken,
My days are extinguished,
The grave is ready for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:6 - For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 - They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 - “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:31 - “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastening;
I will offend no more;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity;
Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:13 - He who despises the word will be destroyed,
But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:16 - Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:13 - Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse[fn] and destroy the work of your hands?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15 - Her Brothers
Catch us the foxes,
The little foxes that spoil the vines,
For our vines have tender grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5 - A Relative
Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - It shall come to pass in that day
That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,
And his yoke from your neck,
And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:5 - They come from a far country,
From the end of heaven—
The LORD and His weapons of indignation,
To destroy the whole land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7 - Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with lying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - “Behold, I have created the blacksmith
Who blows the coals in the fire,
Who brings forth an instrument for his work;
And I have created the spoiler to destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - Has not oppressed anyone,
Nor withheld a pledge,
Nor robbed by violence,
But has given his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with clothing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8 - They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge,
And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:10 - “Arise and depart,
For this is not your rest;
Because it is defiled, it shall destroy,
Yes, with utter destruction.
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