Strongs Number: H2256
| Hebrew Word: | חֶבֶל |
| Transliteration: | chebel |
| Phonetic: | kheh'-bel |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Masculine |
| Strongs 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 |
| BDB Definition: |
1. a cord, rope, territory, band, company a. a rope, cord b. a measuring-cord or line c. a measured portion, lot, part, region d. a band or company 2. pain, sorrow, travail, pang a. pains of travail b. pains, pangs, sorrows 3. union 4. destruction |
| Origin: | From H2254 |
| Bible Usage: | {band} {coast} {company} {cord} {country} {destruction} {line} {lot} {pain} {pang} {portion} {region} {rope} {snare} {sorrow} tackling. |