חָבַר
châbar · khaw-bar'
to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
- to join (literally or figuratively)
- specifically, (by means of spells) to fascinate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: charm(-er), be compact, couple (together), have fellowship with, heap up, join (self, together), league.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
To separate and protect of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָבַר 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
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and couple2 · 7%
- and he coupled2 · 7%
- were joined2 · 7%
- all these were joined together1 · 4%
- shall be coupled together1 · 4%
- shall be coupled1 · 4%
- and thou shalt couple1 · 4%
- thereof joined1 · 4%
- thereof; and so it shall be joined together1 · 4%
- he coupled1 · 4%
- and coupled1 · 4%
- to couple1 · 4%
- together1 · 4%
- for it, to couple it together1 · 4%
- was it coupled together1 · 4%
- or a charmer1 · 4%
- join1 · 4%
- and he joined1 · 4%
- because thou hast joined1 · 4%
- stead, i could heap up1 · 4%
- charming1 · 4%
- have fellowship1 · 4%
- that is compact1 · 4%
- joined1 · 4%
- they shall join themselves together1 · 4%
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.