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Lexicon :: Strong's H2255 - ḥăḇal

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חֲבַל
Transliteration
ḥăḇal
Pronunciation
khav-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to חָבַל (H2254)
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TWOT Reference: 2716

Strong’s Definitions

חֲבַל chăbal, khab-al'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H2254; to ruin:—destroy, hurt.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H2255 in the following manner: destroy (5x), hurt (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H2255 in the following manner: destroy (5x), hurt (1x).

  1. to hurt, destroy

    1. (Pael) to hurt, destroy

    2. (Ithpael) to be destroyed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲבַל chăbal, khab-al'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H2254; to ruin:—destroy, hurt.
STRONGS H2255: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [חֲבַל] verb
Pa. destroy, hurt (see Biblical Hebrew II. H2254 חבל); — Perfect 3rd person masculine plural suffix חַבְּלוּנִי Daniel 6:23 [Daniel 6:22] (of lions); Imperative masculine plural suffix חַבְּלוּהִי Daniel 4:20 [Daniel 4:23] (suffix of tree); Infinitive לְחַבָּלָה Ezra 6:12 (accusative of temple).
Hithpa. be destroyed: Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּתְחַבַּל Daniel 2:44; Daniel 6:27 [Daniel 6:26]; Daniel 7:14 (בַּ֑ל-; all of kingdom of God).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

6:12

Daniel

2:44; 2:44; 4:23; 6:22; 7:14

H2255

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2255 matches the Hebrew חֲבַל (ḥăḇal),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - And because the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven periods of time pass over him,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel,
for he is the living God,
enduring forever;
his kingdom shall never be destroyed,
and his dominion shall be to the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.
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