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חָבַל

cha.valto pledgeHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb27 occurrences12 books23 verses

Definition

a primitive root; 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)
Traditional renderings: × at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, × very, withhold.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָבַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

27 total
  1. Exodus 22:26חָבֹ֥ל · as collateral; תַּחְבֹּ֖ל
    If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
  2. Deuteronomy 24:6יַחֲבֹ֥ל · as security for a debt; חֹבֵֽל׃ס · as security
    Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
  3. Deuteronomy 24:17תַחֲבֹ֔ל · as security
    Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
  4. Nehemiah 1:7חֲבֹ֖ל · We have behaved corruptly; חָבַ֣לְנוּ
    We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
  5. Job 17:1חֻ֭בָּלָה · is broken
    “My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
  6. Job 22:6תַחְבֹּ֣ל · demanded security
    For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
  7. Job 24:3יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ · in pledge
    They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
  8. Job 24:9יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃ · is seized for a debt
    The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
  9. Job 34:31אֶחְבֹּֽל׃ · I will offend
    Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
  10. Psalm 7:14יְחַבֶּל־ · [the wicked man] travails
    Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
  11. Proverbs 13:13יֵחָ֣בֶל · will pay the penalty
    He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
  12. Proverbs 20:16חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃ · get collateral
    Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
  13. Proverbs 27:13חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃ · get collateral
    Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
  14. Ecclesiastes 5:6וְחִבֵּ֖ל · and destroy
    Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
  15. Song of Solomon 2:15מְחַבְּלִ֣ים · that ruin
    Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
  16. Song of Solomon 8:5חִבְּלַ֣תְךָ · conceived you; חִבְּלָ֥ה · she travailed
    Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
  17. Isaiah 10:27וְחֻבַּ֥ל · will be broken
    On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
  18. Isaiah 13:5לְחַבֵּ֖ל · to destroy
    They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
  19. Isaiah 32:7לְחַבֵּ֤ל · to destroy
    The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
  20. Isaiah 54:16לְחַבֵּֽל׃ · to wreak havoc
    Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
  21. Ezekiel 18:16חָבָ֔ל · or retain
    He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
  22. Amos 2:8חֲבֻלִים֙ · taken in pledge
    They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
  23. Micah 2:10תְּחַבֵּ֖ל · brings destruction
    Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!