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Lexicon :: Strong's H5688 - ʿăḇōṯ

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עֲבֹת
Transliteration
ʿăḇōṯ
Pronunciation
ab-oth'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as עָבֹת (H5687)
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TWOT Reference: 1558b

Strong’s Definitions

עֲבֹת ʻăbôth, ab-oth'; or עֲבוֹת ʻăbôwth; or (feminine) עֲבֹתָה ʻăbôthâh; the same as H5687; something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage:—band, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H5688 in the following manner: wreathen (7x), cords (5x), band (4x), boughs (3x), rope (3x), chains (2x), branches (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H5688 in the following manner: wreathen (7x), cords (5x), band (4x), boughs (3x), rope (3x), chains (2x), branches (1x).

  1. cord, rope, cordage, foliage, interwoven foliage

    1. cord, rope, cordage, chain

    2. interwoven foliage

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲבֹת ʻăbôth, ab-oth'; or עֲבוֹת ʻăbôwth; or (feminine) עֲבֹתָה ʻăbôthâh; the same as H5687; something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage:—band, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).
STRONGS H5688: Abbreviations
† עֲבֹת noun masculineJudges 15:13—feminineJudges 15:14 + (twisted) cord, rope; cordage; interwoven foliage (?); — absolute ע׳ Exodus 28:14 + 2 times; construct עֲבוֺת Isaiah 5:18; Psalm 129:4; suffix 3rd person masculine singular עֲבֹתוֺ Job 39:10, 3rd person masculine plural עֲבֹתֵ֑ימוֺ Psalm 2:3; plural עֲבֹּתִים Judges 15:13 +, עֲבֹתֹת +, Exodus 28:14 +, etc.; —
1. cord, rope:
a. as fetter, Judges 15:13, 14; Judges 16:11, 12; Ezekiel 3:25; Ezekiel 4:8; Job 39:10 (of wild ox), so also probably Psalm 118:27 bind the festal victim (חַג) with cords Ew Ol De Hup-Now Dr and others; > with branches Che, compare Bae Du; figurative of authority Psalm 2:3 (|| מוֺסְרוֺתֵימוֺ), Psalm 129:4.
b. עֲבוֺת הָעֲגָלָה Isaiah 5:18 i.e. with which a cart is drawn (in simile; || חַבְלֵי הַשָּׁוְא); figurativeעֲבֹתוֺת אַהֲבָה Hosea 11:4 with the cords of love, of י׳'s drawing Israel (|| חַבְלֵי אָדָם).
c. cordage, cord, of (twisted) golden chains on high priest's breast-piece (all P): מַעֲשֵׂה עֲבֹת, cordage-work Exodus 28:14, 22; Exodus 39:15; שַׁרְשְׁרֹת הָעֲבֹתֹת Exodus 28:14 the chains of cords (cordlike chains); שְׁתֵּי (הָ)עֲבֹתֹת the two cords Exodus 28:24; Exodus 28:25; Exodus 39:17, 18.
2. interwoven foliage (?) in phrase (עַלֿ)בֵּין עֲבֹתִים of top of a vine Ezekiel 19:11 (clouds Ew Hi-Sm Toy, read then עָבוֺת); of cedar, Ezekiel 31:3, 10, 14, but in these certainly clouds, so Greek Version of the LXX Ew Hi-Sm Co and others.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

28:14; 28:14; 28:14; 28:14; 28:22; 28:24; 28:25; 39:15; 39:17; 39:18

Judges

15:13; 15:13; 15:13; 15:14; 15:14; 16:11; 16:12

Job

39:10; 39:10

Psalms

2:3; 2:3; 118:27; 129:4; 129:4

Isaiah

5:18; 5:18

Ezekiel

3:25; 4:8; 19:11; 31:3; 31:10; 31:14

Hosea

11:4

H5688

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5688 matches the Hebrew עֲבֹת (ʿăḇōṯ),
which occurs 24 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:14 - and two chains of pure gold; of laced work shalt thou make them, of wreathen work, and fasten the wreathen chains to the enclosures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:22 - And thou shalt make on the breastplate chains of laced work, of wreathen work, of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:24 - And thou shalt put the two wreathen cords of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - and the two ends of the two wreathen cords thou shalt fasten to the two enclosures, and shalt put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:15 - And they made on the breastplate chains of laced work of wreathen work, of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:17 - And they put the two wreathen cords of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - and the two ends of the two wreathen cords they fastened to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but we certainly shall not put thee to death. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the cliff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and the cords that were on his arms became as threads of flax that are burned with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes, with which no work has been done, then should I be weak, and be as another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! Now there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:10 - Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3 - Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:27 - Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, -- up to the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:4 - Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:25 - And thou, son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee therewith, and thou shalt not go out among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - And behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:11 - And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:3 - Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature: and his top was amidst the thick boughs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:10 - Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast lifted up thyself in stature, ... and he hath set his top amidst the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, nor set their top amidst the thick boughs, and that none of them that drink water stand up in his height by himself; for they are all given over unto death in the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I drew them with bands of a man, with cords of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently caused them to eat.
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