Strong's Number H2254

חָבַל

chabal · khaw-bal'

Transliteration:

chabal{khaw-bal'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

592,593,594,595

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's 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)

Usage in the KJV:

destroy 7, take a pledge 3, pledge 7, bands 2, brought forth 2, at all 1, corrupt 1, corruptly 1, offend 1, spoil 1, travaileth 1, very 1, withholden 1

Total: 29
Occurs 27 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to bind
1. (Qal)
  1. to bind
to take a pledge, lay to pledge
1. (Qal) to hold by a pledge, take in pledge, hold in pledge
2. (Niphal) to give a pledge, become pledged
to destroy, spoil, deal corruptly, offend
1. (Qal) to spoil, corrupt, offend
2. (Niphal) to be ruined
3. (Piel) to destroy, ruin
4. (Pual) to be ruined, be broken
to bring forth, travail
1. (Piel) to writhe, twist, travail