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Lexicon :: Strong's H2256 - ḥēḇel

Aa
חֵבֶל
Transliteration
ḥēḇel
Pronunciation
kheh'-bel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 592b,595a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶבֶל chebel, kheh'-bel; or חֵבֶל chêbel; from H2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin:—band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's H2256 in the following manner: sorrows (10x), cord (16x), line (7x), coast (4x), portion (4x), region (3x), lot (3x), ropes (3x), company (2x), pangs (2x), bands (1x), country (1x), destruction (1x), pain (1x), snare (1x), tacklings (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's H2256 in the following manner: sorrows (10x), cord (16x), line (7x), coast (4x), portion (4x), region (3x), lot (3x), ropes (3x), company (2x), pangs (2x), bands (1x), country (1x), destruction (1x), pain (1x), snare (1x), tacklings (1x).
  1. a cord, rope, territory, band, company

    1. a rope, cord

    2. a measuring-cord or line

    3. a measured portion, lot, part, region

    4. a band or company

  2. pain, sorrow, travail, pang

    1. pains of travail

    2. pains, pangs, sorrows

  3. union

  4. destruction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶבֶל chebel, kheh'-bel; or חֵבֶל chêbel; from H2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin:—band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
STRONGS H2256: Abbreviations
† I. חֶ֫בֶל noun masculineJoshua 2:14 feminine Zephaniah 2:6 (but see below) cord, territory, band; ח׳ absolute Joshua 2:15 +; construct Deuteronomy 3:4 +, חֵ֫בֶל Joshua 19:29; suffix חַבְלוֺ Job 18:10; plural חֲבָלִים 2 Samuel 8:2 + 10 times + Ezekiel 47:13; Job 21:7 see below; construct חַבְלֵי Joshua 17:5 + 5 times; חֶבְלֵי Psalm 116:3 + 2 times + Psalm 18:5 (read משׁברי see below); suffix הֲבָלָ֑יִךְ Isaiah 33:23; חֲבָלָיו Isaiah 33:20; —
1. cord, rope, by which men were lowered Joshua 2:15 (JE), Jeremiah 38:6, 11, 12, 13, or stones dragged 2 Samuel 17:13; of tents Isaiah 33:20; tackling of ship Isaiah 33:23; for binding Ezekiel 27:24; Job 40:25; Esther 1:6; symbol of captivity or subjection 1 Kings 20:31, 32; figurative of snare for wicked Job 18:10 (|| מַלְכֻּדְתּוֺ), set by wicked Psalm 140:6 (|| מַּה); Psalm 119:61 cords of wicked men have surrounded me; of wicked held בחבלי חַטָּאתוֺ Proverbs 5:22; ח׳ הָשָּׁ֑וְא Isaiah 5:18 cords (ropes) of wickedness (|| כַּעֲבוֺת הָעֲגָלָה); of cords of distress (עֹ֑נִי) Job 36:8 (|| וִקִּים); so חֶבְלֵי מָוֶת (probably) Psalm 116:3, חֶבְלֵי שׁאוֺל Psalm 18:6 = 2 Samuel 22:6 (|| מוֺקְשֵׁי מָוֶת); — for חֶבְלֵי מות Psalm 18:5 read מִשְׁבְּרֵי, see 2 Samuel 22:5 and || נַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל, De Che Bae; to draw בְּחַבְלֵי אָדָם Hosea 11:4 (i.e. humanely, kindly); of cord of life חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף Ecclesiastes 12:6.
2. measuring-cord, line מִדָּה ח׳ Zechariah 2:5; so ח׳ alone 2 Samuel 8:2 (3 times in verse); Amos 7:17; Micah 2:5; Psalm 78:55; figurative (of favoured life) Psalm 16:5; in general of one's portion, fortune Job 21:17 according to Targum Thes Add. Ew Di and others, but < see חֵבֶל. Thence
3. measured portion, lot, part, region, נַחֲלָה ח׳ inherited portion Deuteronomy 32:9; 1 Chronicles 16:18 = Psalm 105:11; also ח׳ alone Joshua 17:5, 14; Joshua 19:9; Ezekiel 47:13 (חבלים; Vulgate Targum read as dual, see Ew Sm Da and others; Co strike out on internal grounds); of particular regions אַרְגֹּב ח׳ Deuteronomy 3:4, 13, 14; 1 Kings 4:13; אַכְזִיב ח׳ Joshua 19:29 (si vera lectio, see WMMAsien 194); הַיָּם ח׳ Zephaniah 2:5; also Zephaniah 2:6, but היתה ח׳ here dubious; Sta proposes 2nd person feminine singular הָיִת, and strike out הים ח׳; without הים, Zephaniah 2:7.
4. band, company of prophets 1 Samuel 10:5, 10. — II.חֶבֶל see below II. חָבַל.

חֵ֫בֶל noun masculineIsaiah 66:7 (but see Jeremiah 49:24) pain, pang; — ח׳ absolute Isaiah 66:7; elsewhere plural חֲבָלִים Isaiah 13:8 + 3 times + Job 21:17 see below; construct חֶבְלֵי Hosea 13:13; suffix חֲבָלֶיהָ Isaiah 26:17; חֶבְלֵיהֶם Job 39:3 (on suffix see Ges§ 135, 5, R 1); — pain, pang:
1. pains of travail:
a. object of תְּשַׁלַּחְנָה Job 39:3 meton. for off spring (|| יַלְדֵיהֶן; see Di; of goats and hinds).
b. simile of distress of exiles Isaiah 26:17; figurative of anguish of nations צִירִים וַחֲבָלִים יאֹחֵזוּן Isaiah 13:8 (|| כַּיּוֺלֵדָה יְחִילוּן), also Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 49:24; of crisis of redemption Hosea 13:13 (|| חֶבְלֵי יוֺלֵדָה), of birth of new Israel Isaiah 66:7.
2. of other than birth-pangs only חבלים Job 21:17; pains, pangs, sorrows (so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Thes, — otherwise Add. — Rob-Ges Hi Da and others; || נֵר יִדְעָ֑ךְ, יָבאֹ אֵידָם); > others, portion, fortune, see חֶבֶל.

חֹבְלִים noun [masculine] plural union (literally binders) name of Zechariah's second symbolic staff Zechariah 11:7 and with article Zechariah 11:14. see חָבַל 1.

II. חֶ֫בֶל noun masculine destructionחֶבֶל נִמְרָץ Micah 2:10; compare H2254 II.חָבַל Pi.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

3:4; 3:4; 3:13; 3:14; 32:9

Joshua

2:14; 2:15; 2:15; 17:5; 17:5; 17:14; 19:9; 19:29; 19:29

1 Samuel

10:5; 10:10

2 Samuel

8:2; 8:2; 17:13; 22:5; 22:6

1 Kings

4:13; 20:31; 20:32

1 Chronicles

16:18

Esther

1:6

Job

18:10; 18:10; 21:7; 21:17; 21:17; 21:17; 36:8; 39:3; 39:3

Psalms

16:5; 18:5; 18:5; 18:6; 78:55; 105:11; 116:3; 116:3; 119:61; 140:6

Proverbs

5:22

Ecclesiastes

12:6

Isaiah

5:18; 13:8; 13:8; 26:17; 26:17; 33:20; 33:20; 33:23; 33:23; 66:7; 66:7; 66:7

Jeremiah

13:21; 22:23; 38:6; 38:11; 38:12; 38:13; 49:24; 49:24

Ezekiel

27:24; 47:13; 47:13

Hosea

11:4; 13:13; 13:13

Amos

7:17

Micah

2:5; 2:10

Zephaniah

2:5; 2:6; 2:6; 2:7

Zechariah

2:5; 11:7; 11:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2256 matches the Hebrew חֵבֶל (ḥēḇel),
which occurs 62 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 3:4–Hos 11:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - “We captured H3920 all H3605 his cities H5892 at that time; H6256 there was not a city H7151 which H834 we did not take H3947 from them: sixty H8346 cities, H5892 all H3605 the region H2256 of Argob, H709 the kingdom H4467 of Og H5747 in Bashan. H1316
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - “The rest H3499 of Gilead H1568 and all H3605 Bashan, H1316 the kingdom H4467 of Og, H5747 I gave H5414 to the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh, H4519 all H3605 the region H2256 of Argob H709 (concerning all H3605 Bashan, H1316 it is called H7121 the land H776 of Rephaim. H7497
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - Jair H2971 the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519 took H3947 all H3605 the region H2256 of Argob H709 as far H5704 as the border H1366 of the Geshurites H1651 and the Maacathites, H4602 and called H7121 [fn]it, that is, Bashan, H1316 after H5921 his own name, H8034 [fn]Havvoth-jair, H2334 as it is to this H2088 day.) H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:9 - “For the LORDS H3068 portion H2506 is His people; H5971
Jacob H3290 is the allotment H2256 of His inheritance. H5159
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:15 - Then she let H3381 them down H3381 by a rope H2256 through H1157 the window, H2474 for her house H1004 was on the city H7023 wall, H2346 so that she was living H3427 on the wall. H2346
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:5 - Thus there fell H5307 ten H6235 portions H2256 to Manasseh, H4519 besides H905 H4480 the land H776 of Gilead H1568 and Bashan, H1316 which H834 is beyond H4480 H5676 the Jordan, H3383
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 - Then the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 spoke H1696 to Joshua, H3091 saying, H559 “Why H4069 have you given H5414 me only one H259 lot H1486 and one H259 portion H2256 for an inheritance, H5159 since I am a numerous H7227 people H5971 whom H834 the LORD H3068 has thus H3541 far H5704 blessed?” H1288
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - The inheritance H5157 of the sons H1121 of Simeon H8095 was taken from the portion H2506 of the sons H1121 of Judah, H3063 for the share H2506 of the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 was too H4480 large H7227 for them; so the sons H1121 of Simeon H8095 received H5157 an inheritance H5159 in the midst H8432 of [fn]Judah’s inheritance. H5159
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - The border H1366 turned H7725 to Ramah H7414 and to the fortified H4013 city H5892 of Tyre; H6865 then the border H1366 turned H7725 to Hosah, H2621 and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at the sea H3220 by the region H2256 of Achzib. H392
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “Afterward H310 H3651 you will come H935 to [fn]the hill H1389 of God H430 where H834 H8033 the Philistine H6430 garrison H5333 is; and it shall be as soon as you have come H935 there H8033 to the city, H5892 that you will meet H6293 a group H2256 of prophets H5030 coming H3381 down H3381 from the high H1116 place H1116 with harp, H5035 tambourine, H8596 flute, H2485 and a lyre H3658 before H6440 them, and they will be prophesying. H5012
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When they came H935 to [fn]the hill H1389 there, H8033 behold, H2009 a group H2256 of prophets H5030 met H7122 him; and the Spirit H7307 of God H430 came H6743 upon him mightily, H6743 so that he prophesied H5012 among H8432 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - He [fn]defeated H5221 Moab, H4124 and measured H4058 them with the line, H2256 making them lie H7901 down H7901 on the ground; H776 and he measured H4058 two H8147 lines H2256 to put H4191 to death H4191 and one full H4393 line H2256 to keep H2421 alive. H2421 And the Moabites H4124 became H1961 servants H5650 to David, H1732 bringing H5375 tribute. H4503
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13 - “If H518 he withdraws H622 into a city, H5892 then all H3605 Israel H3478 shall bring H5375 ropes H2256 to that city, H5892 and we will drag H5498 it into the [fn]valley H5158 until H5704 H834 not even H1571 a small H6872 stone H6872 is found H4672 there.” H8033
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The cords H2256 of [fn]Sheol H7585 surrounded H5437 me;
The snares H4170 of death H4194 confronted H6923 me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 - Ben-geber, H1127 in Ramoth-gilead H7433 (the towns H2333 of Jair, H2971 the son H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 which H834 are in Gilead H1568 were his: the region H2256 of Argob, H709 which H834 is in Bashan, H1316 sixty H8346 great H1419 cities H5892 with walls H2346 and bronze H5178 bars H1280 were his);
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - His servants H5650 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now, H4994 we have heard H8085 that the kings H4428 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are merciful H2617 kings, H4428 please H4994 let us put H7760 sackcloth H8242 on our loins H4975 and ropes H2256 on our heads, H7218 and go H3318 out to the king H4428 of Israel; H3478 perhaps H194 he will save H2421 your [fn]life.” H5315
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they girded H2296 sackcloth H8242 on their loins H4975 and put ropes H2256 on their heads, H7218 and came H935 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and said, H559 “Your servant H5650 Ben-hadad H1130 says, H559 ‘Please H4994 let me live.’” H2421 And he said, H559 “Is he still H5750 alive? H2416 He is my brother.” H251
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:18 - Saying, H559 “To you I will give H5414 the land H776 of Canaan, H3667
As the portion H2256 of your inheritance.” H5159
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were hangings of fine H3768 white H2353 and violet H8504 linen H3768 held H270 by cords H2256 of fine H948 purple H713 linen H948 on silver H3701 rings H1551 and marble H8336 columns, H5982 and couches H4296 of gold H2091 and silver H3701 on a mosaic H7531 pavement H7531 of porphyry, H923 marble, H8336 mother-of-pearl H1858 and precious H5508 stones. H5508
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10 - “A noose H2256 for him is hidden H2934 in the ground, H776
And a trap H4434 for him on the path. H5410
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - “How H4100 often H4100 is the lamp H5216 of the wicked H7563 put H1846 out,
Or does their calamity H343 fall H935 on them?
Does [fn]God apportion H2505 destruction H2256 in His anger? H639
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 - “And if H518 they are bound H631 in fetters, H2131
And are caught H3920 in the cords H2256 of affliction, H6040
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3 - “They kneel H3766 down, H3766 they bring H6398 forth H6398 their young, H3206
They get H7971 rid H7971 of their labor H2256 pains. H2256
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1 - [fn]Can you draw H4900 out [fn]Leviathan H3882 with a fishhook? H2443
Or press H8257 down H8257 his tongue H3956 with a cord? H2256
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 - The lines H2256 have fallen H5307 to me in pleasant H5273 places;
Indeed, H637 my heritage H5159 is beautiful H8231 to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:4 - The cords H2256 of death H4194 encompassed H661 me,
And the torrents H5158 of [fn]ungodliness H1100 [fn]terrified H1204 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - The cords H2256 of [fn]Sheol H7585 surrounded H5437 me;
The snares H4170 of death H4194 confronted H6923 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He also drove H1644 out the nations H1471 before H4480 H6440 them
And apportioned H5307 them for an inheritance H5159 by measurement, H2256
And made the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 dwell H7931 in their tents. H168
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:11 - Saying, H559 “To you I will give H5414 the land H776 of Canaan H3667
As the [fn]portion H2256 of your inheritance,” H5159
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The cords H2256 of death H4194 encompassed H661 me
And the [fn]terrors H4712 of [fn]Sheol H7585 [fn]came H4672 upon me;
I found H4672 distress H6869 and sorrow. H3015
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:61 - The cords H2256 of the wicked H7563 have encircled H5749 me,
But I have not forgotten H7911 Your law. H8451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The proud H1343 have hidden H2934 a trap H6341 for me, and cords; H2256
They have spread H6566 a net H7568 by the [fn]wayside; H4570
They have set H7896 snares H4170 for me. Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:22 - His own iniquities H5771 will capture H3920 the wicked, H7563
And he will be held H8551 with the cords H2256 of his sin. H2403
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember Him before H5704 H834 H3808 the silver H3701 cord H2256 is [fn]broken H7576 and the golden H2091 bowl H1543 is crushed, H7533 the pitcher H3537 by the well H4002 is shattered H7665 and the wheel H1534 at the cistern H953 is crushed; H7533
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe H1945 to those who drag H4900 iniquity H5771 with the cords H2256 of [fn]falsehood, H7723
And sin H2403 as if with cart H5699 ropes; H5688
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8 - They will be terrified, H926
Pains H6735 and anguish H2256 will take H270 hold H270 of them;
They will writhe H2342 like a woman in labor, H3205
They will look H8539 at one H376 another H7453 in astonishment, H8539
Their faces H6440 aflame. H3857
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:17 - As the pregnant H2030 woman H2030 approaches H7126 the time to give H3205 birth, H3205
She writhes H2342 and cries H2199 out in her labor H2256 pains, H2256
Thus H3651 were we before H4480 H6440 You, O LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look H2372 upon Zion, H6726 the city H7151 of our appointed H4150 feasts; H4150
Your eyes H5869 will see H7200 Jerusalem, H3389 an undisturbed H7600 habitation, H5116
A tent H168 which will not be folded; H6813
Its stakes H3489 will never H1077 H5331 be pulled H5265 up,
Nor H1077 any H3605 of its cords H2256 be torn H5423 apart. H5423
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Your tackle H2256 hangs H5203 slack; H5203
It cannot H1077 hold H2388 the base H3653 of its mast H8650 firmly, H2388
Nor H1077 spread H6566 out the sail. H5251
Then H227 the prey H5706 of an abundant H4766 spoil H7998 will be divided; H2505
The lame H6455 will take H962 the plunder. H957
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - “Before H2962 she travailed, H2342 she brought H3205 forth; H3205
Before H2962 her pain H2256 came, H935 she gave H4422 birth H4422 to a boy. H2145
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:21 - “What H4100 will you say H559 when H3588 He appoints H6485 over H5921 you—
And you yourself H859 had taught H3925 them—
Former [fn]companions H441 to be head H7218 over H5921 you?
Will not pangs H2256 take H270 hold H270 of you
Like H3644 a woman H802 in childbirth? H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:23 - “You who dwell H3427 in Lebanon, H3844
Nested H7077 in the cedars, H730
How H4100 you will groan H2603 when pangs H2256 come H935 upon you,
Pain H2427 like a woman in childbirth! H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - Then they took H3947 Jeremiah H3414 and cast H7993 him into the cistern H953 of Malchijah H4441 the king’s H4428 son, H1121 which H834 was in the court H2691 of the guardhouse; H4307 and they let H7971 Jeremiah H3414 down H7971 with ropes. H2256 Now in the cistern H953 there H369 was no H369 water H4325 but only H518 mud, H2916 and Jeremiah H3414 sank H2883 into the mud. H2916
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-melech H5663 took H3947 the men H376 under his [fn]authority H3027 and went H935 into the king’s H4428 palace H1004 to a place beneath H8478 the storeroom H214 and took H3947 from there H8033 worn-out H1094 clothes H5499 and worn-out H1094 rags H4418 and let H7971 them down H7971 by ropes H2256 into the cistern H953 to Jeremiah. H3414
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - Then Ebed-melech H5663 the Ethiopian H3569 said H559 to Jeremiah, H3414 “Now H4994 put H7760 these worn-out H1094 clothes H5499 and rags H4418 under H8478 your armpits H679 H3027 under H8478 the ropes”; H2256 and Jeremiah H3414 did H6213 so. H3651
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they pulled H4900 Jeremiah H3414 up with the ropes H2256 and lifted H5927 him out of the cistern, H953 and Jeremiah H3414 stayed H3427 in the court H2691 of the guardhouse. H4307
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - “Damascus H1834 has become H7503 helpless; H7503
She has turned H6437 away to flee, H5127
And panic H7374 has gripped H2388 her;
Distress H6869 and pangs H2256 have taken H270 hold H270 of her
Like a woman in childbirth. H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - “They traded H7402 with you in choice H4360 garments, H4360 in clothes H1545 of [fn]blue H8504 and embroidered H7553 work, H7553 and in carpets H1595 of many H1264 colors H1264 and tightly H729 wound H2280 cords, H2256 which were among your merchandise. H4819
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 - Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068 “This H2088 shall be the boundary H1366 by which H834 you shall divide H5157 the land H776 for an inheritance H5157 among the twelve H8147 H6240 tribes H7626 of Israel; H3478 Joseph H3130 shall have two H8147 portions. H2256
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I led H4900 them with cords H2256 of a man, H120 with bonds H5688 of love, H160
And I became H1961 to them as one who lifts H7311 the yoke H5923 from their jaws; H3895
And I bent H5186 down H5186 and fed H398 them.

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