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חָבַל H2254

H2254 is the Hebrew word חָבַל, transliterated châbal and said khaw-bal'. The King James Version most often renders it destroy.

Word: חָבַלTransliteration: châbalSaid: khaw-bal'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 23 verses

What it means

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).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

destroy 4×take a pledge 3×take 2×pledge 2×destroyed 2×brought thee forth 2×if thou at all 1×no man shall take 1×taketh 1×nor take 1×dealt very 1×corruptly 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold.

Verses using חָבַל

All 23 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 22:26 · KJV

If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

Deuteronomy 24:6 · KJV

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

Deuteronomy 24:17 · KJV

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

Nehemiah 1:7 · KJV

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Job 17:1 · KJV

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

Job 22:6 · KJV

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 24:3 · KJV

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Job 24:9 · KJV

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

Psalm 7:14 · KJV

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

Proverbs 13:13 · KJV

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Proverbs 20:16 · KJV

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Proverbs 27:13 · KJV

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Ecclesiastes 5:6 · KJV

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Song of Solomon 2:15 · KJV

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Song of Solomon 8:5 · KJV

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Isaiah 10:27 · KJV

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Isaiah 13:5 · KJV

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Isaiah 32:7 · KJV

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Ezekiel 18:16 · KJV

Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

Amos 2:8 · KJV

And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Micah 2:10 · KJV

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

Zechariah 11:7 · KJV

And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

Zechariah 11:14 · KJV

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2254 mean?

H2254 is the Hebrew word חָבַל (châbal), meaning 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).

How is H2254 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it destroy (4 times), take a pledge (3 times), take (2 times), pledge (2 times), destroyed (2 times), among others.

How many times does H2254 appear in the Bible?

חָבַל (châbal) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2254 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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