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Hebrew verb · H2280

חָבַשׁ

chabashkhaw-bash'

to saddle/tie

33 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: châbash

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2280is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 31
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2280

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

The King James renders it: bind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.

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

chabash is rendered "to saddle/tie". It stands 33 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 22:3So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-one different ways.

The first use

So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

Genesis 22:3וַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fourteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 25 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and he saddled5
  • and they saddled2
  • saddle2
  • saddled2
  • a wrapper1
  • and binding up1
  • and he bound on1
  • and he may bind up1
  • and he will bind up us1
  • and I wrapped head your1
  • and she saddled1
  • and you will bind on1

and 14 more, 33 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.

חָבַרchabarto uniteUses29
חָבַלchabalto pledgeUses27
חָבַקchabaqto embraceUses13
חָבַטchabatto beatUses5
חָבַבchababto loveUses1

The words it stands beside

All 33, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

31 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

  • וַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ֙2
  • חִבְשׁוּ־2
  • אֶחֱבֹ֔שׁ1
  • אֶחְבְּשָׁה־1
  • וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁ֣ךְ1
  • וְחָבַשְׁתָּ֤1
  • וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ1
  • וַיַּחֲבֹ֥שׁ1
  • וַֽיַּחֲבֹ֖שׁ1
  • וַיַּחֲבֹ֣שׁ1
  • וַיַּחֲבָשׁ־1
  • וַיַּחְבְּשׁוּ־1

and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqw3ms6Hc/Vqw3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural3HVqsmpa
  • Hc/Vqw3mp2Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqv2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqv2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vprmsa
  • Hc/Vqq2ms1Hc/Vqq2ms
  • HC/Vqu3ms1HC/Vqu3ms
  • HC/Vqu3ms/Sp1bp1HC/Vqu3ms/Sp1bp
  • Hc/Vqw1cs/Sp2fs1Hc/Vqw1cs/Sp2fs
  • Hc/Vqw3fs1Hc/Vqw3fs
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc

Genesis

one use
  • So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

    Genesis 22:3

    • וַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ֙vaiyachavoshHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he saddled

Exodus

one use
  • Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.

    Exodus 29:9

    • וְחָבַשְׁתָּ֤vechavashtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will bind on

Leviticus

one use
  • Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.

    Leviticus 8:13

    • וַיַּחֲבֹ֥שׁvaiyachavoshHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he bound on

Numbers

one use
  • So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

    Numbers 22:21

    • וַֽיַּחֲבֹ֖שׁvaiyachavoshHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he saddled

Judges

one use
  • But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.

    Judges 19:10

    • חֲבוּשִׁ֔יםchavushimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: saddled

2 Samuel

three uses
  • When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

    2 Samuel 16:1

    • חֲבֻשִׁ֗יםchavushimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: saddled
  • When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

    2 Samuel 17:23

    • וַיַּחֲבֹ֣שׁvaiyachavoshHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he saddled
  • “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,

    2 Samuel 19:26

    • אֶחְבְּשָׁה־ʾechbeshah-verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: let me saddle

1 Kings

six uses
  • So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.

    1 Kings 2:40

    • וַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ֙vaiyachavoshHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he saddled
  • So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it

    1 Kings 13:13

    • חִבְשׁוּ־chivshu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: saddle
    • וַיַּחְבְּשׁוּ־vaiyachbeshu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they saddled
  • And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

    1 Kings 13:23

    • וַיַּחֲבָשׁ־vaiyachavosh-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he saddled
  • Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,

    1 Kings 13:27

    • חִבְשׁוּ־chivshu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: saddle
    • וַֽיַּחֲבֹֽשׁוּ׃vaiyachavoshuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they saddled

2 Kings

one use
  • Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”

    2 Kings 4:24

    • וַֽתַּחֲבֹשׁ֙vatachavoshHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she saddled

Job

four uses
  • For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

    Job 5:18

    • וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁveyechbashHC/Vqu3mstagged: and he may bind up
  • He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

    Job 28:11

    • חִבֵּ֑שׁchibeshverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he restrains
  • Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

    Job 34:17

    • יַחֲב֑וֹשׁyachavooshverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he govern
  • Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.

    Job 40:13

    • חֲבֹ֣שׁchavoshverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bind up

Psalms

one use
  • He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

    Psalms 147:3

    • וּ֝מְחַבֵּ֗שׁumechabeshconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: and binding up

Isaiah

four uses
  • From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

    Isaiah 1:6

    • חֻבָּ֔שׁוּchubashuverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been bound up
  • On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”

    Isaiah 3:7

    • חֹבֵ֔שׁchoveshverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a wrapper
  • The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.

    Isaiah 30:26

    • חֲבֹ֤שׁchavoshverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: binds up
  • The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

    Isaiah 61:1

    • לַחֲבֹ֣שׁlachavoshpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bind up

Ezekiel

seven uses
  • I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

    Ezekiel 16:10

    • וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁ֣ךְvaechbeshekhHc/Vqw1cs/Sp2fstagged: and I wrapped head your
  • Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

    Ezekiel 24:17

    • חֲב֣וֹשׁchavooshverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bind
  • In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.

    Ezekiel 27:24

    • חֲבֻשִׁ֛יםchavushimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: bound
  • “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.

    Ezekiel 30:21

    • חֻ֠בְּשָׁהchubeshahverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been bound up
    • לְחָבְשָׁ֥הּlechaveshahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: to bind up it
  • You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

    Ezekiel 34:4

    • חֲבַשְׁתֶּ֔םchavashtemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have bound up
  • I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

    Ezekiel 34:16

    • אֶחֱבֹ֔שׁʾechevoshverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will bind up

Hosea

one use
  • Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

    Hosea 6:1

    • וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃veyachbeshenuHC/Vqu3ms/Sp1bptagged: and he will bind up us

Jonah

one use
  • The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

    Jonah 2:5

    • חָב֥וּשׁchavushverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: wrapped round

The letters

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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