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Lexicon :: Strong's H2259 - ḥōḇēl

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חֹבֵל
Transliteration
ḥōḇēl
Pronunciation
kho-bale'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Act. participle from חָבַל (H2254) (in the sense of handling ropes)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 592c

Strong’s Definitions

חֹבֵל chôbêl, kho-bale'; active participle from H2254 (in the sense of handling ropes); a sailor:—pilot, shipmaster.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H2259 in the following manner: pilot (4x), shipmaster (with H7227) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H2259 in the following manner: pilot (4x), shipmaster (with H7227) (1x).

  1. sailor, seaman

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹבֵל chôbêl, kho-bale'; active participle from H2254 (in the sense of handling ropes); a sailor:—pilot, shipmaster.
STRONGS H2259: Abbreviations
† חֹבֵל noun masculine sailor (denominative from חֶבֶל; i.e. rope-puller) — חֹבְלֵי הַיָּם Ezekiel 27:29; חֹבְלָ֑יִךְ Ezekiel 27:8,27,28; collective רַב הַחֹבֵל i.e. the captain Jonah 1:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezekiel

27:8; 27:27; 27:28; 27:29

Jonah

1:6

H2259

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2259 matches the Hebrew חֹבֵל (ḥōḇēl),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:8 - And thy princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Sor, who were in thee, these were thy pilots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 - Thy forces, and thy gain, and that of thy traders, and thy rowers, and thy pilots, and thy counsellors, and they that traffic with thee, and all thy warriors that are in thee: and all thy company in the midst of thee shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of thy fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:28 - At the cry of thy voice thy pilots shall be greatly terrified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:29 - And all the rowers and the mariners shall come down from the ships, and the pilots of the sea shall stand on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snorest thou? arise, and call upon thy God, that God may save us, and we perish not.
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