Word Study · Strong's H5449 · Hebrew
סַבָּל
sabbal
sab-bawl'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çabbâl
“a porter”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a porter
Rendered in the KJV as
(to bear, bearer of) burden(-s).
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- סַבָּ֔ל2
- הַסַּבָּ֔ל1
- הַסַּבָּלִ֗ים1
- סַבָּ֑ל1
How it is rendered · 3
- burden-bearer[s]3
- the burden-bearer[s]1
- the burden-bearers1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 3
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings1 occurrence
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 2:2סַבָּ֔לsabalnoun · masculine singularSo he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.here: burden-bearer[s]
- 2 Chronicles 2:18סַבָּ֔לsabalnoun · masculine singularSolomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.here: burden-bearer[s]
- 2 Chronicles 34:13הַסַּבָּלִ֗יםhasabalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralwere over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.here: the burden-bearers