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Lexicon :: Strong's H2256 - ḥēḇel

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חֵבֶל
Transliteration
ḥēḇel
Pronunciation
kheh'-bel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 592b,595a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶבֶל chebel, kheh'-bel; or חֵבֶל chêbel; from H2254; 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); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin:—band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's H2256 in the following manner: sorrows (10x), cord (16x), line (7x), coast (4x), portion (4x), region (3x), lot (3x), ropes (3x), company (2x), pangs (2x), bands (1x), country (1x), destruction (1x), pain (1x), snare (1x), tacklings (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's H2256 in the following manner: sorrows (10x), cord (16x), line (7x), coast (4x), portion (4x), region (3x), lot (3x), ropes (3x), company (2x), pangs (2x), bands (1x), country (1x), destruction (1x), pain (1x), snare (1x), tacklings (1x).

  1. 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

  2. pain, sorrow, travail, pang

    1. pains of travail

    2. pains, pangs, sorrows

  3. union

  4. destruction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶבֶל chebel, kheh'-bel; or חֵבֶל chêbel; from H2254; 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); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin:—band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
STRONGS H2256: Abbreviations
† I. חֶ֫בֶל noun masculineJoshua 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 + 10 times + Ezekiel 47:13; Job 21:7 see below; construct חַבְלֵי Joshua 17:5 + 5 times; חֶבְלֵי Psalm 116:3 + 2 times + 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; ח׳ הָשָּׁ֑וְא Isaiah 5:18 cords (ropes) of wickedness (|| כַּעֲבוֺת הָעֲגָלָה); 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 (3 times 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 Targum 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; Vulgate Targum 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 lectio, see WMMAsien 194); הַיָּם ח׳ Zephaniah 2:5; also Zephaniah 2:6, but היתה ח׳ here dubious; Sta proposes 2nd person 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 masculineIsaiah 66:7 (but see Jeremiah 49:24) pain, pang; — ח׳ absolute Isaiah 66:7; elsewhere plural חֲבָלִים Isaiah 13:8 + 3 times + 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 only חבלים Job 21:17; pains, pangs, sorrows (so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate 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 H2254 II.חָבַל Pi.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

3:4; 3:4; 3:13; 3:14; 32:9

Joshua

2:14; 2:15; 2:15; 17:5; 17:5; 17:14; 19:9; 19:29; 19:29

1 Samuel

10:5; 10:10

2 Samuel

8:2; 8:2; 17:13; 22:5; 22:6

1 Kings

4:13; 20:31; 20:32

1 Chronicles

16:18

Esther

1:6

Job

18:10; 18:10; 21:7; 21:17; 21:17; 21:17; 36:8; 39:3; 39:3

Psalms

16:5; 18:5; 18:5; 18:6; 78:55; 105:11; 116:3; 116:3; 119:61; 140:6

Proverbs

5:22

Ecclesiastes

12:6

Isaiah

5:18; 13:8; 13:8; 26:17; 26:17; 33:20; 33:20; 33:23; 33:23; 66:7; 66:7; 66:7

Jeremiah

13:21; 22:23; 38:6; 38:11; 38:12; 38:13; 49:24; 49:24

Ezekiel

27:24; 47:13; 47:13

Hosea

11:4; 13:13; 13:13

Amos

7:17

Micah

2:5; 2:10

Zephaniah

2:5; 2:6; 2:6; 2:7

Zechariah

2:5; 11:7; 11:14

H2256

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Strong's Number H2256 matches the Hebrew חֵבֶל (ḥēḇel),
which occurs 62 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 3:4–Hos 11:4)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - At that time we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites; it was named after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.[fn])

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:9 - For the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:15 - So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:5 - Manasseh’s share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 - The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah’s portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When he and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him; the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he joined in their prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13 - If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not so much as a pebble is left.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 - Ben-Geber—in Ramoth Gilead (the settlements of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead were his, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan and its sixty large walled cities with bronze gate bars);

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - His officials said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of Israel are merciful. Let us go to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - Wearing sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says: ‘Please let me live.’ ” The king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:18 - “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - The garden had hangings of white and blue linen, fastened with cords of white linen and purple material to silver rings on marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other costly stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10 - A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 - But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3 - They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1 - “Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 - The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:4 - The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:11 - “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:61

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:61 - Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:22 - The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8 - Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:17 - As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - “Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:21 - What will you say when the LORD sets over you those you cultivated as your special allies? Will not pain grip you like that of a woman in labor?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:23 - You who live in ‘Lebanon,[fn]’ who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-Melek took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - Ebed-Melek the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Put these old rags and worn-out clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - Damascus has become feeble, she has turned to flee and panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her, pain like that of a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “These are the boundaries of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.

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