H2254 · חָבַל
châbal · khaw-bal' · destroy, pledge
H2254 (châbal, pronounced khaw-bal') is the Hebrew word חָבַל in Strong’s dictionary: to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind. It appears 27 times in 23 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חָבַל (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- châbal
- Pronunciation
- khaw-bal'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- 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)
- Rendered in the KJV
- [idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
27 occurrences in 23 verses (25 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “as security” ×2
- “get collateral” ×2
- “to destroy” ×2
- “I will offend” ×1
- “We have behaved corruptly” ×1
- “and destroy” ×1
- “as collateral” ×1
- “as security for a debt” ×1
By book
Exodus 1 · Deuteronomy 2 · Nehemiah 1 · Job 5 · Psalms 1 · Proverbs 3 · Ecclesiastes 1 · Song of Solomon 2 · Isaiah 4 · Ezekiel 1 · Amos 1 · Micah 1
Verses
- Exodus 22:26
- Deuteronomy 24:6
- Deuteronomy 24:17
- Nehemiah 1:7
- Job 17:1
- Job 22:6
- Job 24:3
- Job 24:9
- Job 34:31
- Psalms 7:14
- Proverbs 13:13
- Proverbs 20:16
- Proverbs 27:13
- Ecclesiastes 5:6
- Song of Solomon 2:15
- Song of Solomon 8:5
- Isaiah 10:27
- Isaiah 13:5
- Isaiah 32:7
- Isaiah 54:16
- Ezekiel 18:16
- Amos 2:8
- Micah 2:10
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H2254.