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Lexicon :: Strong's H2259 - ḥōḇēl

Aa
חֹבֵל
Transliteration
ḥōḇēl
Pronunciation
kho-bale'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Act. participle from חָבַל (H2254) (in the sense of handling ropes)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 592c

Strong’s Definitions

חֹבֵל chôbêl, kho-bale'; active participle from H2254 (in the sense of handling ropes); a sailor:—pilot, shipmaster.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H2259 in the following manner: pilot (4x), shipmaster (with H7227) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H2259 in the following manner: pilot (4x), shipmaster (with H7227) (1x).

  1. sailor, seaman

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹבֵל chôbêl, kho-bale'; active participle from H2254 (in the sense of handling ropes); a sailor:—pilot, shipmaster.
STRONGS H2259: Abbreviations
† חֹבֵל noun masculine sailor (denominative from חֶבֶל; i.e. rope-puller) — חֹבְלֵי הַיָּם Ezekiel 27:29; חֹבְלָ֑יִךְ Ezekiel 27:8,27,28; collective רַב הַחֹבֵל i.e. the captain Jonah 1:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezekiel

27:8; 27:27; 27:28; 27:29

Jonah

1:6

H2259

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2259 matches the Hebrew חֹבֵל (ḥōḇēl),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:8 -

“The inhabitants H3427 of Sidon H6721 and Arvad H719 were your rowers H7751;

Your wise H2450 men H2450, Tyre H6865, were [fn]aboard; they were your sailors H2259.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 -

“Your wealth H1952, your wares H5801, your merchandise H4627,

Your seamen H4419 and your sailors H2259,

Your repairers H2388 of leaks H919, your dealers H6148 in merchandise H4627,

And all H3605 your men H376 of war H4421 who H834 are in you,

With all H3605 your contingent H6951 that is in your midst H8432,

Will fall H5307 into the heart H3820 of the seas H3220

On the day H3117 of your overthrow H4658.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:28 -

“At the sound H6963 of the cry H2201 of your sailors H2259,

The pasture H4054 lands H4054 will shake H7493.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:29 -

“All H3605 who handle H8610 the oar H4880,

The seamen H4419 and all H3605 the sailors H2259 of the sea H3220

Will come H3381 down H3381 from their ships H591;

They will stand H5975 on the land H776,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So the captain H7227 H2259 approached H7126 him and said H559, “How H4100 is it that you are sleeping H7290? Get H6965 up H6965, call H7121 on your god H430! Perhaps H194 your god H430 will be concerned H6245 about us so that we will not perish H6.”
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