Strong's Hebrew · H2254
חָבַל
châbal · khaw-bal'
Definitionto 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)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usage[idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold.
Occurrences30 in the KJV · 23 verses
חָבַל in Scripture
Exodus 22:26
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
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow' s raiment to pledge:
Nehemiah 1:7
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
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Job 22:6
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Job 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Job 34:31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement , I will not offend any more :
Psalms 7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Proverbs 13:13
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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