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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, wreathed work thou dost make them, work of thick bands, and thou hast put the thick chains on the embroidered things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:22 - 'And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:24 - and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at 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 thick bands thou dost put on the two embroidered things, and thou hast put them on the shoulders of the ephod over-against its face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:15 - And they make on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:17 - and they put the two thick bands of gold on 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 thick bands they have put on the two embroidered things, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod, over-against its front.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;' and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which are on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - And he saith unto her, 'If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, 'Philistines are upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:10 - Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3 - 'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:27 - God is Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto 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 cords of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Wo to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart -- sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:25 - 'And thou, son of man, lo, they have put on thee thick bands, and have bound thee with them, and thou goest not forth in their midst;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - And lo, I have put on thee thick bands, and thou dost not turn from side to side till thy completing the days of thy siege.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:11 - And it hath strong rods for sceptres of rulers, And high is its stature above thick branches, And it appeareth in its height In the multitude of its thin shoots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:3 - Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:10 - Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because that thou hast been high in stature, And he yieldeth his foliage between thickets, And high is his heart in his haughtiness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - In order that none of the trees of the waters May become haughty because of their stature, Nor give their foliage between thickets, Nor any drinking waters stand up unto them in their haughtiness, For all of them are given up to death, Unto the earth -- the lower part, In the midst of the sons of men, Unto those going down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - With cords of man I do draw them, With thick cords of love, And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws, And I incline unto him -- I feed him.
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