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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 Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 - Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy military men, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:28 - The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:29 - And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So the ship-master came to him, and said to him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, it may be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
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