חָבַל
châbal(khaw-bal')
“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)”
34 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)
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)
Translated in KJV as
[idiom] at allbandbring forth(deal) corrupt(-ly)destroyoffendlay to (take a) pledgespoiltravail[idiom] verywithhold.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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