חֶבֶל
chebel · kheh'-bel
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); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
Lexicon
Derivation: or חֵבֶל; from H2254 (חָבַל);
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); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
- 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)
- also, a throe (especially of parturition)
- also, ruin
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
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 חֶבֶל 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
62 occurrences · 62 OT · 0 NT · 48 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the sorrows5 · 13%
- with cords5 · 13%
- all the region2 · 5%
- line2 · 5%
- the lot2 · 5%
- by line2 · 5%
- and sorrows2 · 5%
- coast2 · 5%
- all the country1 · 3%
- is the lot1 · 3%
- by a cord1 · 3%
- portions1 · 3%
- portion1 · 3%
- out of the portion1 · 3%
- from the coast1 · 3%
- a company1 · 3%
- behold, a company1 · 3%
- them with a line1 · 3%
- lines1 · 3%
- ropes1 · 3%
- to him also pertained the region1 · 3%
- and ropes1 · 3%
- and put ropes1 · 3%
- the snare1 · 3%
- sorrows1 · 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.