# חֶבֶל (chevel) Israeli respelling: che-vel. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H2256. 60 Old Testament occurrences. a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin King James renderings: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chevel-h2256 ## Occurrences - [Deuteronomy 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/3/4) — And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the… - [Deuteronomy 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/3/13) — And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all… - [Deuteronomy 3:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/3/14) — Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan… - [Deuteronomy 32:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/9) — For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. - [Joshua 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/2/15) — Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. - [Joshua 17:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/17/5) — And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; - [Joshua 17:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/17/14) — And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great pe… - [Joshua 19:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/19/9) — Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too mu… - [Joshua 19:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/19/29) — And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea… - [1 Samuel 10:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/10/5) — After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thit… - [1 Samuel 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/10/10) — And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among… - [2 Samuel 8:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/8/2) — And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and wit… - [2 Samuel 17:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/13) — Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be n… - [2 Samuel 22:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/6) — The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; - [1 Kings 4:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/4/13) — The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the r… - [1 Kings 20:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/20/31) — And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, pu… - [1 Kings 20:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/20/32) — So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith… - [1 Chronicles 16:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/16/18) — Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; - [Esther 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/6) — Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds w… - [Job 18:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/18/10) — The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. - [Job 21:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/21/17) — How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. - [Job 36:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/36/8) — And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; - [Job 39:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/3) — They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. - [Job 41:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/1) — Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? - [Psalms 16:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/16/6) — The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. - [Psalms 18:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/4) — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. - [Psalms 18:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/5) — The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. - [Psalms 78:55](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/55) — He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. - [Psalms 105:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/11) — Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: - [Psalms 116:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/116/3) — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. - [Psalms 119:61](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/61) — The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. - [Psalms 140:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/140/5) — The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. - [Proverbs 5:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/5/22) — His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. - [Ecclesiastes 12:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/12/6) — Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the ciste… - [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: - [Isaiah 13:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/13/8) — And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed… - [Isaiah 26:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/26/17) — Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sig… - [Isaiah 33:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/33/20) — Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down;… - [Isaiah 33:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/33/23) — Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divi… - [Isaiah 66:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/66/7) — Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. - [Jeremiah 13:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/13/21) — What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee… - [Jeremiah 22:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/22/23) — O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman i… - [Jeremiah 38:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/6) — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let… - [Jeremiah 38:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/11) — So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten… - [Jeremiah 38:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/12) — And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Je… - [Jeremiah 38:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/13) — So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. - [Jeremiah 49:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/24) — Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in trava… - [Ezekiel 27:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/24) — These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and… - [Ezekiel 47:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/47/13) — Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall… - [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… - [Hosea 13:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/13/13) — The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth… - [Amos 7:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/7/17) — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy lan… - [Micah 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/2/5) — Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD. - [Micah 2:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/2/10) — Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. - [Zephaniah 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/2/5) — Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Ph… - [Zephaniah 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/2/6) — And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. - [Zephaniah 2:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/2/7) — And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in t… - [Zechariah 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/2/1) — I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. - [Zechariah 11:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/11/7) — And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the othe… - [Zechariah 11:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/11/14) — Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.