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Lexicon :: Strong's H2280 - ḥāḇaš

Aa
חָבַשׁ
Transliteration
ḥāḇaš
Pronunciation
khaw-bash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 599

Strong’s Definitions

חָבַשׁ châbash, khaw-bash'; a primitive root; to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule:—bind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H2280 in the following manner: saddle (13x), bind up (9x), bind (5x), put (2x), about (1x), girded (1x), govern (1x), healer (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H2280 in the following manner: saddle (13x), bind up (9x), bind (5x), put (2x), about (1x), girded (1x), govern (1x), healer (1x).

  1. to tie, bind, bind on, bind up, saddle, restrain, bandage, govern

    1. (Qal)

      1. to bind, bind on

      2. to bind up

    2. (Piel) to bind, restrain

    3. (Pual) to be bound up

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָבַשׁ châbash, khaw-bash'; a primitive root; to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule:—bind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.
STRONGS H2280: Abbreviations
† [חָבַשׁ] verb bind, bind on, bind up (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian abâšu, according to DlW 70, Pr 174; Arabic حَبَسَ confine, restrict; yet on Assyrian ḫibšu 'Kopfbinde' (with חֿ), etc., see ZehnpfBAS i. 499, 526; Aramaic Wfbo; compare axywvubo, חֲבוּשְׁיָא imprisonment, etc.) —
Qal Perfect 2nd person masculine singular וְחָבַשְׁתָּ֫ Exodus 29:9; 2nd person masculine plural חֲבַשְׁתֶּם Ezekiel 34:4; Imperfect יַחֲבוֺשׁ Job 34:17; וַיַּחֲבשׁ Genesis 22:3 + 4 times; וַיַּחֲבָשֿׁ 1 Kings 13:23; וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ Job 5:18; וַיַּחְבְּשֵׁנוּ Hosea 6:1; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַחֲבשׁ 2 Kings 4:24; אֶחֱבשׁ Ezekiel 34:16; cohortative אֶחְבְּשָׁהֿ 2 Samuel 19:27 (but compare below); וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁךְ Ezekiel 16:10; וַיַּחְבְּשׁוֿ 1 Kings 13:13; וַיַּחֲב֑שׁו 1 Kings 13:27; Imperative חֲבשׁ Job 40:13; חֲבוֺשׁ Ezekiel 24:17; חִבְשׁוּ 1 Kings 13:13, 27; Infinitive construct חֲבשׁ Isaiah 30:26; Isaiah 61:1;לְחָבְּשָׁהּ Ezekiel 30:21 (strike out Co, compare Greek Version of the LXX). Participle active חֹבֵשׁ Isaiah 3:7; passive חָבוּשׁ Jonah 2:6; חֲבוּשִׁים Judges 19:10; חֲבֻשִׁים 2 Samuel 16:1; Ezekiel 27:24; —
1. bind, bind on:
a. headgear, with accusative of thing, לְ person Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 8:13 (both P); with על person Ezekiel 24:17 (P); passive of seaweeds clinging about head סוּף חָבוּשׁ לְראֹשִׁי Jonah 2:6; with suffix person and בְּ of thing וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁךְ Ezekiel 16:10 and I bound (or wound) about thee (i.e. thy head, Sm VB) שֵׁשׁ (in metaphor of י׳'s care for Jerusalem; || אַלְבִּישֵׁךְ, אֶנְעֲלֵךְ); figurative of punishment for wicked מְּנֵיהֶם חֲבשׁ בטמון Job 40:13 bind their faces in darkness (|| טָמְנֵם בֶּעָפָר) see Di.
b. passive probably twined, twisted in חֲבָלִים חֲבֻשִׁים וַאֲרֻזִים Ezekiel 27:24, cords twisted and strong, see Sm Da. Especially
c. of equipping a beast for riding; ass, in accusative Genesis 22:3; Numbers 22:21 (both E), 2 Samuel 17:23 & 2 Samuel 19:27 (where however read לוֺ חָבְשָׁהלִּֿי, so Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Th We Dr), 1 Kings 2:40; 1 Kings 13:13 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:23, 27 (twice in verse) (1 Kings 13:27b no direct object expressed) 2 Kings 4:24; passive, also of asses, Judges 19:10; 2 Samuel 16:1.
d. figurative = restrain, control (German bändigen), absolute Job 34:17.
2. bind up, namely a wound, usually in figure, of comforting the distressed, etc.; with suffix person Hosea 6:1 (|| רָפָא, opposed to הִכָּה); followed by לְ person לַחֲבשׁ לְנִשְׁבְּרֵילֵֿב Isaiah 61:1; compare Ezekiel 34:4 (followed by לַנִּשְׁבֶּרֶת; || חַזֵּק, רִפֵּא), Ezekiel 34:16 (followed by id.; || חִזֵּק); followed by accusative of thing בְּיוֺם אֶתשֶֿׁבֶר עַמּוֺ חֲבשׁ י׳ Isaiah 30:26 (|| רָפָא); with accusative of Pharaoh's broken arm Ezekiel 30:21 (si vera lectio, see above; compare Pu.); absolute Job 5:18; also Isaiah 3:7 of repairing fortunes of people (opposed to הִכְאִיב; || רָפָה = רָפָא).
Pi. Perfect חִבֵּשׁ bind, restrain מִבְּכִי נהרות Job 28:11; Participle מְחַבֵּשׁ bind up לְעַצְבוֺתָם Psalm 147:3.
Pu. Perfect be bound up חֻבְּשָׁה Ezekiel 30:21 (metaphor) Pharaoh's broken arm; חֻבָּ֑שׁוּ Isaiah 1:6 (wounds of land of Judah).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:3; 22:3

Exodus

29:9; 29:9

Leviticus

8:13

Numbers

22:21

Judges

19:10; 19:10

2 Samuel

16:1; 16:1; 17:23; 19:27; 19:27

1 Kings

2:40; 13:13; 13:13; 13:13; 13:23; 13:23; 13:27; 13:27; 13:27; 13:27

2 Kings

4:24; 4:24

Job

5:18; 5:18; 28:11; 34:17; 34:17; 40:13; 40:13

Psalms

147:3

Isaiah

1:6; 3:7; 3:7; 30:26; 30:26; 61:1; 61:1

Ezekiel

16:10; 16:10; 24:17; 24:17; 27:24; 27:24; 30:21; 30:21; 30:21; 34:4; 34:4; 34:16; 34:16

Hosea

6:1; 6:1

Jonah

2:6; 2:6

H2280

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2280 matches the Hebrew חָבַשׁ (ḥāḇaš),
which occurs 33 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:13 - Then he took Aaron's sons, clothing them with the coats, and putting the bands round them, and the head-dresses on their heads, as the Lord had given him orders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:21 - So in the morning Balaam got up and, making his ass ready, went with the chiefs of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 - Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:26 - And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Then Shimei got up, and making ready his ass, he went to Gath, to Achish, in search of his servants; and he sent and got them from Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:13 - So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:23 - Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:27 - And he said to his sons, Make ready the ass for me. And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 - For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:17 - How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:13 - Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:3 - He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on their wounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:6 - The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:7 - Then he will say with an oath, I will not be a helper, for in my house there is no bread or clothing: I will not let you make me a ruler of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26 - And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times greater, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord puts oil on the wounds of his people, and makes them well from the blows they have undergone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:1 - The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10 - And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:17 - Let there be no sound of sorrow; make no weeping for your dead, put on your head-dress and your shoes on your feet, let not your lips be covered, and do not take the food of those in grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - These were your traders in beautiful robes, in rolls of blue and needlework, and in chests of coloured cloth, corded with cords and made of cedar-wood, in them they did trade with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21 - Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, has been broken by me, and no band has been put round it to make it well, no band has been twisted round it to make it strong for gripping the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:4 - You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16 - I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:1 - Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
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