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H2256Hebrew

חֶבֶל חֵבֶל

Definition and meaning

chebel (kheh'-bel) (or chebel {khay'-bel}) n-m. 1. a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line 2. (by implication, as measured) a district or inheritance 3. (by implication, as of cords) a noose 4. (figuratively) a company (as if tied together) 5. (also) a violent pang or spasm (especially of childbirth) 6. (also) ruin [from H2254] KJV: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling. Root(s): H2254

Tagged KJV passages

58 matching verses - 60.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Ezekiel 47:13

Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

Matched English: portionsHosea 11:4

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

Matched English: cordsHosea 13:13

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

Matched English: sorrowsAmos 7:17

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

Matched English: lineMicah 2:5

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

Matched English: cordMicah 2:10

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

Matched English: destructionZephaniah 2:5

Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

Matched English: coastZephaniah 2:6

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

Matched English: coastZephaniah 2:7

And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

Matched English: coastZechariah 2:1

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Matched English: line