Strong's Number H2256

חֶבֶל

chebel · kheh'-bel

Transliteration:

chebel{kheh'-bel}or chebel{khay'-bel}

Word Origin:

from 2254

TWOT:

592b,595a

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

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

Usage in the KJV:

sorrows 10, cord 16, line 7, coast 4, portion 4, region 3, lot 3, ropes 3, company 2, pangs 2, bands 1, country 1, destruction 1, pain 1, snare 1, tacklings 1

Total: 60
Occurs 62 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

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