Châbal — H2254

Definition

verb

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)

1. to bind
1. (Qal)
1. to bind
2. to take a pledge, lay to pledge
1. (Qal) to hold by a pledge, take in pledge, hold in pledge
2. (Niphal) to give a pledge, become pledged
3. to destroy, spoil, deal corruptly, offend
1. (Qal) to spoil, corrupt, offend
2. (Niphal) to be ruined
3. (Piel) to destroy, ruin
4. (Pual) to be ruined, be broken
4. to bring forth, travail
1. (Piel) to writhe, twist, travail

Usually translated as

pledge, destroy, corruptly, corrupt, offend, spoil, at all, band, bring forth, lay to, travail, very, withhold

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• aphanízō (G853)
• aphanismós (G854)
• desmeúō (G1195)
• dialýō (G1262)
• diaphtheírō (G1311)
• diaphthorá (G1312)
• kataphtheírō (G2704)
• kataphronéō (G2706)
• phtheírō (G5351)
• ōdínō (G5605)

Occurrences

Châbal occurs 29 times in 22 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (2), Nehemiah (1), Job (5), Psalms (1), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (4), Amos (1), Micah (1)

• Exodus 22:26 — If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge (חָבֹ֥ל), thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
• Exodus 22:26 — If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge (תַּחְבֹּ֖ל), thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
• Deuteronomy 24:6 — No man shall take (יַחֲבֹ֥ל) the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
• Deuteronomy 24:6 — No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge (חֹבֵֽל): for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
• Deuteronomy 24:6 — No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh (יַחֲבֹ֥ל) a man’s life to pledge.
• Deuteronomy 24:6 — No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge (יַחֲבֹ֥ל).
• Deuteronomy 24:17 — Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take (תַחֲבֹ֔ל) a widow’s raiment to pledge:
• Deuteronomy 24:17 — Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge (תַחֲבֹ֔ל):
• Nehemiah 1:7 — We have dealt very corruptly (חָבַ֣לְנוּ) against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
• Nehemiah 1:7 — We have dealt very corruptly (חֲבֹ֖ל) against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
• Job 17:1 — My breath is corrupt (חֻ֭בָּלָה), my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
• Job 22:6 — For thou hast taken a pledge (תַחְבֹּ֣ל) from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
• Job 24:3 — They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge (יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ).
• Job 24:9 — They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge (יַחְבֹּֽלוּ) of the poor.
• Job 34:31 — Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend (אֶחְבֹּֽל) any more:
• Psalms 7:14 — Behold, he travaileth (יְחַבֶּל) with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
• Proverbs 13:13 — Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed (יֵחָ֣בֶל): but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
• Proverbs 20:16 — Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge (חַבְלֵֽהוּ) of him for a strange woman.
• Proverbs 27:13 — Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge (חַבְלֵֽהוּ) of him for a strange woman.
• Ecclesiastes 5:6 — Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy (וְחִבֵּ֖ל) the work of thine hands?
• Song of Songs 2:15 — Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil (מְחַבְּלִ֣ים) the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
• Song of Songs 8:5 — Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth (חִבְּלַ֣תְךָ): there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
• Song of Songs 8:5 — Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth (חִבְּלָ֥ה) that bare thee.
• Isaiah 10:27 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed (וְחֻבַּ֥ל) because of the anointing.
• Isaiah 13:5 — They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy (לְחַבֵּ֖ל) the whole land.
• Isaiah 32:7 — The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy (לְחַבֵּ֤ל) the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
• Isaiah 54:16 — Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy (לְחַבֵּֽל).
• Amos 2:8 — And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge (חֲבֻלִים֙) by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
• Micah 2:10 — Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy (תְּחַבֵּ֖ל) you, even with a sore destruction.