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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 15:13feminineJudges 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:14 - and two chains of pure gold; like cords shalt thou make them, of wreathen work: and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the settings.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:22 - And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:24 - And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:15 - And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:17 - And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - And he said unto her, If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:10 -
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow?
Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3 -
Let us break their bonds asunder,
And cast away their cords from us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:27 -
Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light:
Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:4 -
Jehovah is righteous:
He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:25 - But thou, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:11 - And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:3 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:10 - Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them.
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