Lexicon :: Strong's H2256 - ḥēḇel

“We captured all his cities at that time. There wasn’t a city that we didn’t take from them: sixty cities, the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

“I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og. The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.

But the LORD’s portion is his people,

Jacob, his own inheritance.

Then she let them down by a rope through the window, since she lived in a house that was built into the wall of the city.

As a result, ten tracts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which are beyond the Jordan,[fn]

Joseph’s descendants said to Joshua, “Why did you give us only one tribal allotment as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has been blessing us greatly.”

The inheritance of Simeon’s descendants was within the territory of Judah’s descendants, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large. So Simeon’s descendants received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.

The boundary then turned to Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre; it turned back to Hosah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea, including Mahalab, Achzib,[fn]

“After that you will come to Gibeah of God where there are Philistine garrisons.[fn] When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying. They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.

When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God came powerfully on him, and he prophesied along with them.

He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

“If he retreats to some city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag its stones[fn] into the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

His servants said to him, “Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. So let’s put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and let’s go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

“I will give the land of Canaan to you

as your inherited portion.”

White and blue linen hangings were fastened with fine white and purple linen cords to silver rods on marble[fn] columns. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of red feldspar,[fn] marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.

A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,

and a snare waits for him along the path.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?

Does disaster[fn] come on them?

Does he apportion destruction in his anger?

If people are bound with chains

and trapped by the cords of affliction,

They crouch down to give birth to their young;

they deliver their newborn.[fn]

Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook

or tie his tongue down with a rope?

The boundary lines have fallen for me

in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

The ropes of death were wrapped around me;

the torrents of destruction terrified me.

He drove out nations before them.

He apportioned their inheritance by lot

and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

“I will give the land of Canaan to you

as your inherited portion.”

The ropes of death were wrapped around me,

and the torments of Sheol overcame me;

I encountered trouble and sorrow.

Though the ropes of the wicked

were wrapped around me,

I did not forget your instruction.

The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;

they spread a net along the path

and set snares for me.Selah

A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him;

he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.

before the silver cord is snapped,[fn]

and the gold bowl is broken,

and the jar is shattered at the spring,

and the wheel is broken into the well;

Woe to those who drag iniquity

with cords of deceit

and pull sin along with cart ropes,

They will be horrified;

pain and agony will seize them;

they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.

They will look at each other,

their faces flushed with fear.

As a pregnant woman about to give birth

writhes and cries out in her pains,

so we were before you, LORD.

Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.

Your eyes will see Jerusalem,

a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;

its tent pegs will not be pulled up

nor will any of its cords be loosened.

Your ropes are slack;

they cannot hold the base of the mast

or spread out the flag.

Then abundant spoil will be divided,

the lame will plunder it,

Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth;

before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

What will you say when he appoints

close friends as leaders over you,

ones you yourself trained?

Won’t labor pains seize you,

as they do a woman in labor?

You residents of Lebanon,

nestled among the cedars,

how you will groan[fn] when pains come on you,

agony like a woman in labor.

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority[fn] and went to the king’s palace to a place below the storehouse.[fn] From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

Damascus has become weak;

she has turned to run;

panic has gripped her.

Distress and labor pains have seized her

like a woman in labor.

“They were your merchants in choice garments, cloaks of blue and embroidered materials, and multicolored carpets,[fn] which were bound and secured with cords in your marketplace.

This is what the Lord GOD says: “This is[fn] the border you will use to divide the land as an inheritance for the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph will receive two shares.

I led them with human cords,

with ropes of love.

To them I was like one

who eases the yoke from their jaws;

I bent down to give them food.