# עֲבֹת (avot)

Israeli respelling: a-vot. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5688. 23 Old Testament occurrences.

something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage

King James renderings: band, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/avot-h5688

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 28:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/14) — And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
- [Exodus 28:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/22) — And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
- [Exodus 28:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/24) — And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
- [Exodus 28:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/25) — And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod befo…
- [Exodus 39:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/39/15) — And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.
- [Exodus 39:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/39/17) — And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
- [Exodus 39:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/39/18) — And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
- [Judges 15:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/15/13) — And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And th…
- [Judges 15:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/15/14) — And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were…
- [Judges 16:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/16/11) — And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
- [Judges 16:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/16/12) — Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in…
- [Job 39:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/10) — Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
- [Psalms 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/2/3) — Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
- [Psalms 118:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/118/27) — God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
- [Psalms 129:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/129/4) — The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
- [Isaiah 5:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/18) — Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
- [Ezekiel 3:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/25) — But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
- [Ezekiel 4:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/4/8) — And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
- [Ezekiel 19:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/19/11) — And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in…
- [Ezekiel 31:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/31/3) — Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among…
- [Ezekiel 31:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/31/10) — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and h…
- [Ezekiel 31:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/31/14) — To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, n…
- [Hosea 11:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/11/4) — I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto t…