חֶבֶל

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

or חֵבֶל; from H2254 (חָבַל);

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: chebel; Pronunciation: kheh'-bel