Chôbêl — H2259

H2259 · Hebrew — חבל

Pronunciation: kho-bale'

Definition

masculine noun

a sailor

  1. sailor, seaman

Usually translated as

shipmaster, pilot

Origin

active participle from H2254 (in the sense of handling ropes)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Chôbêl occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezekiel (4), Jonah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C