חָבַשׁ
châbash · khaw-bash'
to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
- to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle)
- figuratively, to stop, to rule
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy
To separate and protect of the house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָבַשׁ 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
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and saddled3 · 10%
- and put2 · 6%
- saddled2 · 6%
- saddle2 · 6%
- and bindeth up2 · 6%
- he saddled1 · 3%
- i will saddle1 · 3%
- so they saddled1 · 3%
- that he saddled1 · 3%
- and they saddled1 · 3%
- then she saddled1 · 3%
- he bindeth1 · 3%
- govern1 · 3%
- and bind1 · 3%
- neither bound up1 · 3%
- i will not be an healer1 · 3%
- bindeth up1 · 3%
- me to bind up1 · 3%
- and i girded1 · 3%
- bind1 · 3%
- bound1 · 3%
- and, lo, it shall not be bound up1 · 3%
- to bind1 · 3%
- neither have ye bound up1 · 3%
- and will bind up1 · 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.