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חֶ֫בֶל

che.velMahalab
hebrewOld TestamentNoun62 occurrences19 books60 verses
This word comes from the name of Ahlab.

Definition

or חֵבֶל; from H2254; 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); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
Traditional renderings: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

Glossary entries

Ahlab Mahalab

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

62 total
  1. Ezekiel 47:13חֲבָלִֽים׃ · shall receive two portions
    This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.
  2. Hosea 11:4בְּחַבְלֵ֨י · with cords
    I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.
  3. Hosea 13:13חֶבְלֵ֥י · pains
    Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
  4. Amos 7:17בַּחֶ֣בֶל · by a measuring line
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
  5. Micah 2:5חֶ֖בֶל · the land
    Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
  6. Micah 2:10וְחֶ֥בֶל · destruction
    Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
  7. Zephaniah 2:5חֶ֥בֶל · of
    Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
  8. Zephaniah 2:6חֶ֣בֶל · So the seacoast
    So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
  9. Zephaniah 2:7חֶ֗בֶל · The coast will belong
    The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.
  10. Zechariah 2:1חֶ֥בֶל · line
    Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
  11. Zechariah 11:7חֹֽבְלִ֔ים · Union
    So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
  12. Zechariah 11:14הַחֹֽבְלִ֑ים · [called] Union
    Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.