Chebel — H2256

H2256 · Hebrew — חבל

Pronunciation: kheh'-bel

Other spellings: chêbel חֵבֶל

Definition

masculine noun

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

  1. a cord, rope, territory, band, company
    1. a rope, cord
    2. a measuring-cord or line
    3. a measured portion, lot, part, region
    4. a band or company
  2. pain, sorrow, travail, pang
    1. pains of travail
    2. pains, pangs, sorrows
  3. union
  4. destruction

Usually translated as

line, coast, cord, lot, region, company, portion, country, destruction, pain, snare, band, pang, rope, sorrow, tackling

Origin

or chêbel; from H2254

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Chebel occurs 62 times in 60 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (5), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (3), 1 Chronicles (1), Esther (1), Job (5), Psalms (8), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (7), Ezekiel (2), Hosea (2), Amos (1), Micah (2), Zephaniah (3), Zechariah (3)

Strong's Lexicon — C