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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 H3427 of Zidon H6721 and Arvad H719 were thy mariners: H7751 thy wise H2450 men, O Tyrus, H6865 that were in thee, were thy pilots. H2259

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 - Thy riches, H1952 and thy fairs, H5801 thy merchandise, H4627 thy mariners, H4419 and thy pilots, H2259 thy calkers, H919 H2388 and the occupiers H6148 of thy merchandise, H4627 and all thy men H582 of war, H4421 that are in thee, and in all thy company H6951 which is in the midst H8432 of thee, shall fall H5307 into the midst H3820 of the seas H3220 in the day H3117 of thy ruin. H4658

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:28 - The suburbs H4054 shall shake H7493 at the sound H6963 of the cry H2201 of thy pilots. H2259

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:29 - And all that handle H8610 the oar, H4880 the mariners, H4419 and all the pilots H2259 of the sea, H3220 shall come down H3381 from their ships, H591 they shall stand H5975 upon the land; H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So the shipmaster H7227 H2259 came H7126 to him, and said H559 unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? H7290 arise, H6965 call H7121 upon thy God, H430 if so be that God H430 will think H6245 upon us, that we perish H6 not.
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