חָבַל
châbal · khaw-bal'
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
- to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind
- specifically, by a pledge
- figuratively, to pervert, destroy
- also, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
To separate and protect of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָבַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to pledge4 · 12%
- and take a pledge3 · 9%
- to destroy3 · 9%
- shall be destroyed2 · 6%
- if thou at all1 · 3%
- take1 · 3%
- no man shall take1 · 3%
- for he taketh1 · 3%
- nor take1 · 3%
- we have dealt very1 · 3%
- corruptly1 · 3%
- is corrupt1 · 3%
- for thou hast taken a pledge1 · 3%
- they take1 · 3%
- for a pledge1 · 3%
- chastisement, i will not offend1 · 3%
- behold, he travaileth1 · 3%
- and destroy1 · 3%
- that spoil1 · 3%
- brought thee forth1 · 3%
- there she brought thee forth1 · 3%
- hath not withholden1 · 3%
- laid to pledge1 · 3%
- it shall destroy1 · 3%
- bands1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.