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חָבַשׁ H2280

H2280 is the Hebrew word חָבַשׁ, transliterated châbash and said khaw-bash'. The King James Version most often renders it saddled.

Word: חָבַשׁTransliteration: châbashSaid: khaw-bash'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 29 verses

What it means

to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 29 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

saddled 10×saddle 3×bindeth up 3×bind 3×put 2×bind up 2×bindeth 1×govern 1×neither bound up 1×healer 1×girded 1×bound 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: bind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.

Verses using חָבַשׁ

All 29 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 22:3 · KJV

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

Exodus 29:9 · KJV

And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Leviticus 8:13 · KJV

And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 22:21 · KJV

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

Judges 19:10 · KJV

But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

2 Samuel 16:1 · KJV

And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

2 Samuel 17:23 · KJV

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

2 Samuel 19:26 · KJV

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

1 Kings 2:40 · KJV

And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

1 Kings 13:13 · KJV

And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

1 Kings 13:23 · KJV

And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

1 Kings 13:27 · KJV

And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

2 Kings 4:24 · KJV

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

Job 5:18 · KJV

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Job 28:11 · KJV

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

Job 34:17 · KJV

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

Job 40:13 · KJV

Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

Psalm 147:3 · KJV

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Isaiah 1:6 · KJV

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

Isaiah 3:7 · KJV

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

Isaiah 30:26 · KJV

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

Isaiah 61:1 · KJV

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Ezekiel 16:10 · KJV

I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

Ezekiel 24:17 · KJV

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Ezekiel 27:24 · KJV

These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

Ezekiel 30:21 · KJV

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

Ezekiel 34:4 · KJV

The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

Ezekiel 34:16 · KJV

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

Jonah 2:5 · KJV

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2280 mean?

H2280 is the Hebrew word חָבַשׁ (châbash), meaning to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule.

How is H2280 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it saddled (10 times), saddle (3 times), bindeth up (3 times), bind (3 times), put (2 times), among others.

How many times does H2280 appear in the Bible?

חָבַשׁ (châbash) is tagged in 29 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2280 come from?

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

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