ʻăbôth — H5688

Definition

masculine noun

something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage

1. cord, rope, cordage, foliage, interwoven foliage
1. cord, rope, cordage, chain
2. interwoven foliage

Usually translated as

wreathen, band, rope, cord, thick bough

Origin

or ʻăbôwth; or (feminine) ʻăbôthâh; the same as H5687

• Same as ʻâbôth (H5687)

Greek equivalents

• desmón (G1199)
• zygós (G2218)
• himás (G2438)
• himátion (G2440)
• nephélē (G3507)
• plékō (G4120)

Occurrences

ʻăbôth occurs 24 times in 23 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (7), Judges (4), Job (1), Psalms (3), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (6), Hosea (1)

• Exodus 28:14 — And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen (עֲבֹ֑ת) work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
• Exodus 28:14 — And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen (הָעֲבֹתֹ֖ת) chains to the ouches.
• Exodus 28:22 — And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen (עֲבֹ֑ת) work of pure gold.
• Exodus 28:24 — And thou shalt put the two wreathen (עֲבֹתֹ֣ת) chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
• Exodus 28:25 — And the other two ends of the two wreathen (הָעֲבֹתֹ֔ת) chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
• Exodus 39:15 — And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen (עֲבֹ֑ת) work of pure gold.
• Exodus 39:17 — And they put the two wreathen chains (הָעֲבֹתֹ֣ת) of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
• Exodus 39:18 — And the two ends of the two wreathen chains (הָֽעֲבֹתֹ֔ת) they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
• Judges 15:13 — And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords (עֲבֹתִ֣ים), and brought him up from the rock.
• Judges 15:14 — And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords (הָעֲבֹתִ֜ים) that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
• Judges 16:11 — And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes (בַּעֲבֹתִ֣ים) that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
• Judges 16:12 — Delilah therefore took new ropes (עֲבֹתִ֨ים), and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
• Job 39:10 — Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band (עֲבֹת֑וֹ) in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
• Psalms 2:3 — Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords (עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹ) from us.
• Psalms 118:27 — God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords (בַּעֲבֹתִ֑ים), even unto the horns of the altar.
• Psalms 129:4 — The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords (עֲב֣וֹת) of the wicked.
• Isaiah 5:18 — Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope (וְכַעֲב֥וֹת):
• Ezekiel 3:25 — But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands (עֲבוֹתִ֔ים) upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
• Ezekiel 4:8 — And, behold, I will lay bands (עֲבוֹתִ֑ים) upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
• Ezekiel 19:11 — And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches (עֲבֹתִ֑ים), and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
• Ezekiel 31:3 — Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs (עֲבֹתִ֔ים).
• Ezekiel 31:10 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs (עֲבוֹתִ֔ים), and his heart is lifted up in his height;
• Ezekiel 31:14 — To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs (עֲבֹתִ֔ים), neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
• Hosea 11:4 — I drew them with cords of a man, with bands (בַּעֲבֹת֣וֹת) of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.