Hebrew verb · H2254
חָבַל
chabalkhaw-bal'
to pledge; to destroy; be in labour
27 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châbal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2254is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 26spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2254
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)
The King James renders it: [idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chabal is rendered "to pledge; to destroy; be in labour". It stands 27 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Five of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to pledge".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 22:26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
- The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.
The first use
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
Exodus 22:26חָבֹ֥ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: to pledge, and to destroy, and be in labour.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to pledgeStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 22:26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, |
| to destroyStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| be in labourStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- hold in pledge it2
- to ruin2
- you will take as pledge2
- and he will destroy1
- and it will be broken1
- anyone will take as pledge1
- certainly to take as pledge1
- he has taken as pledge1
- he is in labor with1
- he will be pledged1
- I will act corruptly1
- it is broken1
and 12 more, 27 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 27, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
26 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃2
- אֶחְבֹּֽל׃1
- וְחִבֵּ֖ל1
- וְחֻבַּ֥ל1
- חֲבֹ֖ל1
- חָבָ֔ל1
- חָבֹ֥ל1
- חֹבֵֽל׃ ס1
- חִבְּלָ֥ה1
- חֻ֭בָּלָה1
- חֲבֻלִים֙1
- חָבַ֣לְנוּ1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vpcc
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVqi2ms
- Hc/Vpq3ms2Hc/Vpq3ms
- verb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVPp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqv2ms/Sp3ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVNi3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVpi3fs
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpp3fs/Sp2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural1HVprmpa
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HVqaa
Exodus
two uses
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
- חָבֹ֥לchavolverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to take as pledge
- תַּחְבֹּ֖לtachbolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will take as pledge
Deuteronomy
three uses
Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
- יַחֲבֹ֥לyachavolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anyone will take as pledge
- חֹבֵֽל׃ סchovelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: taking as pledge
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
- תַחֲבֹ֔לtachavolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will take as pledge
Nehemiah
two uses
We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
- חֲבֹ֖לchavolverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: surely to act corruptly
- חָבַ֣לְנוּchavalnuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have acted corruptly
Job
five uses
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
- חֻ֭בָּלָהchubalahverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is broken
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
- תַחְבֹּ֣לtachbolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have held in pledge
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
- יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּyachbeluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they take as pledge
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
- יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃yachboluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they take pledges
Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
- אֶחְבֹּֽל׃ʾechbolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will act corruptly
Psalms
one use
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- יְחַבֶּל־yechabel-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is in labor with
Proverbs
three uses
He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
- יֵחָ֣בֶלyechavelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be pledged
Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃chavlehuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hold in pledge it
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃chavlehuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hold in pledge it
Ecclesiastes
one use
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
- וְחִבֵּ֖לvechibelHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will destroy
Song of Solomon
three uses
Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
- מְחַבְּלִ֣יםmechabelimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: ruin
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
- חִבְּלַ֣תְךָchibelatkhaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: she was in labor with you
- חִבְּלָ֥הchibelahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she was in labor
Isaiah
four uses
On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
- וְחֻבַּ֥לvechubalHc/VPq3mstagged: and it will be broken
They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
- לְחַבֵּ֖לlechabelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to destroy
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
- לְחַבֵּ֤לlechabelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ruin
Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
- לְחַבֵּֽל׃lechabelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ruin
Ezekiel
one use
He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
- חָבָ֔לchavalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has taken as pledge
Amos
one use
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
- חֲבֻלִים֙chavulimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: taken in pledge
Micah
one use
Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
- תְּחַבֵּ֖לtechabelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will destroy
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.