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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 Box Eze 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:8 - The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad
were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
they were your pilots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 - Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and your pilots,
your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
on the day of your fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:28 - At the sound of the cry of your pilots
the countryside shakes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:29 - and down from their ships
come all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”
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