H2256a H2256a
cord, rope, line; allotted portion, inheritance; region, territory, district; band, company of people
1. cord, rope, line — A physical cord, rope, or measuring line made of twisted fibers, used for binding, tying, lowering, or measuring. Rahab lowered the spies by a rope through her window (Josh 2:15), David measured Moabites with a line (2 Sam 8:2), ropes were put on heads as a sign of submission (1 Kgs 20:31-32), cords of affliction bind the righteous (Job 36:8), the cords of death/Sheol encompass the psalmist (2 Sam 22:6; Ps 18:4-5; 116:3), wickedness is drawn with cords of falsehood (Isa 5:18), God leads Ephraim with cords of love (Hos 11:4), and Leviathan's tongue cannot be pressed down with a cord (Job 40:25). The literal sense extends to figurative 'cords' binding or constraining. 32×
AR["بِ-الحَبلِ","بِ-الْحِبَالِ","بِ-حِبَالٍ","بِ-حِبَالِ","بِحِبالِ","بِحِبَالٍ","بِحِبَالِ","حَبْلاً","حَبْلُ","حِبالاً","حِبالًا","حِبالُّ-","حِبَالُ","وَ-حِبالًا","وَحِبَالًا"]·ben["-আমাকে","-দড়ি-দিয়ে","-দড়িতে","এবং-দড়ি","দড়ি","দড়ি-দিয়ে","দড়িতে","দড়িতে-","রশিগুলি-দিয়ে-"]·DE["Gebiet","[בחבלי]","[בחבלים]","cords-von","der-cords-von","durch-der-rope","lines","mit-der-line","ropes","und-cords","und-ropes"]·EN["a-cord","and-cords","and-ropes","by-the-rope","cords-of","line","lines","ropes","the-cords-of","with-cords","with-cords-of","with-ropes","with-the-line","with-the-ropes"]·FR["[בחבלי]","avec-le-ligne","corde","cordon","cords-de","et-corde","et-ropes","lines","par-des-cordes","par-le-corde","ropes"]·heb["ב-חבל","ב-חבלי","ב-חבלים","ו-חבלים","חבל","חבלי","חבלים"]·HI["-रस्सियों-से","और-रस्सियाँ","डोरियाँ","डोरियों-से","रस्सियाँ","रस्सियां","रस्सियों","रस्सियों-ने","रस्सी","रस्सी-से","से-रस्सियों"]·ID["Tali-tali","dan-tali-tali","dengan-tali","dengan-tali-tali","tali","tali-tali","tali-ukur"]·IT["con-il-linea","corda","corde","cords-di","e-corda","e-corde","linee","per-il-fune"]·jav["Tali","Talié","bebandaning-","ing-tali","kaliyan-tali","kaliyan-tali-","kaliyan-tali-tali","lan-tali-tali","mawi-tali","mawi-tali-","ngangge-tali","tali"]·KO["그리고-밇줄들을","그리고-밧줄들을","그리고-줄들-로","로-줄","밟줄로","밧줄들로-","밧줄들을","에-끔들로","에-줄들에-","줄-을","줄들-로","줄들-이","줄들로","줄들을","줄이라"]·PT["Com-cordas-de","Cordas-de","Cordéis-de","com-a-corda","com-as-cordas","com-cordas","com-cordas-de","com-cordas-de-","cordas","cordão","cordéis-de","e-cordas","em-cordas","pela-corda"]·RU["Узы","беды","в-верёвках","верёвка","верёвками","верёвки","верёвкой","верёвку","и-верёвками","и-верёвки","на-верёвках","на-верёвке","узами","узы","узы-"]·ES["Cuerdas-de","con-cuerdas","con-cuerdas-de","con-la-cuerda","con-las-cuerdas","cordón","cuerda-de","cuerdas","cuerdas-de","y-cuerdas"]·SW["Kamba-za","kamba","kamba-za","kwa-kamba","kwa-kamba-za","na-kamba","zilizoshikiliwa"]·TR["-iple","bağları","ip","iple","ipler","ipleri","ipleri-","ipleriyle-","iplerle","iplerle-","ve-ipler"]·urd["آدمی-کی-رسیوں-سے","اور-رسیاں","بندھنوں-نے","بَ-رسیوں","رسی","رسی-سے","رسیاں","رسیوں-سے","رسیوں-نے","سے-رسیوں"]
Josh 2:15, 2 Sam 8:2, 2 Sam 8:2, 2 Sam 8:2, 2 Sam 17:13, 2 Sam 22:6, 1 Kgs 20:31, 1 Kgs 20:32, Esth 1:6, Job 18:10, Job 36:8, Job 41:1 (+20 more)
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Senses
2. allotted portion, inheritance — A measured portion or allotted share of land, derived from the ancient practice of dividing territory by casting lots and measuring with a surveying line. Used of Jacob's allotted portion (Deut 32:9), the portions of territory distributed among the tribes (Josh 17:5, 14; 19:9, 29), the assigned inheritance of Manasseh (1 Chr 16:18), the 'lines' that have fallen in pleasant places for the psalmist as a metaphor for his God-given inheritance (Ps 16:6), the portion of the Lord's inheritance in Israel (Ps 105:11), and the tribal allotments described in Ezekiel's eschatological vision (Ezek 47:13). 9×
AR["حَبلَ","حَبْلَ","حَبْلُ","حِبالُ-","حِبَالٌ","مِنْ-حَبْلِ","وَ-حَبْلاً"]·ben["অংশ-থেকে","অঞ্চল-থেকে","এবং-ডোর","কনান-এর","ডোরগুলি-","দুই-ভাগ","ভাগ","মাপার-দড়ি","রশি"]·DE["Anteile-von","Los-von","[חבל]","[חבלים]","der-Teil-von","der-lines","und-Anteil","von-Anteil-von"]·EN["and-portion","from-portion-of","lot-of","portion-of","portions","portions-of","the-lines","the-portion-of"]·FR["[חבל]","corde","de-part-de","et-part","parts-de","sort-de"]·heb["ו-חבל","חבל","חבלי","חבלים","מ-חבל"]·HI["और-रस्सी","भाग","रस्सियाँ","रस्सी","रस्सी-","रेखाएँ","से-हिस्से"]·ID["Dari-bagian","Tali-tali-ukur","bagian","bagian-","bagian-bagian","dan-bagian","dari-wilayah","jatah"]·IT["corda","da-porzione-di","e-porzione","porzioni-di","sorte-di"]·jav["Tali-ukur","bagian-bagian","bagéyan","lan-bagian","pérangan","saking-bagian","tali"]·KO["그리고-몫","몫에서-","몶-의","몶들이다","줄(접)","줄-을","줄들-이","측량-줄들이-"]·PT["As-linhas","a-porção","cordão-de","de-porção-de","de-região-de","e-porção","lote-de","porções","porções-de-"]·RU["От-удела","два-удела","жребий","и-удел","межи","от-удела","удел","уделы-"]·ES["De-la-porción-de","cuerdas","desde-la-región-de","el-lote-de","porciones","porciones-de","porción-de","y-porción"]·SW["Mipaka","fungu-za-","kamba","kutoka-fungu-la","na-fungu","sehemu","sehemu-mbili"]·TR["-den-bölge","ipi","pay","paylar","paylara-","payı","payından-","ve-pay","ölçü-ipleri"]·urd["اور-حصہ","حصوں","حصّہ","حصہ","حصے","حصے-سے","رسی","رسیاں"]
3. region, territory, district — A geographical region, district, or coastal stretch of land, derived from the practice of measuring territory with a cord or line. Applied to the region of Argob in Bashan (Deut 3:4, 13-14), the territory of Dor under Solomon's administrators (1 Kgs 4:11), and the coastal region along the Mediterranean assigned to the Cherethites and Philistines (Zeph 2:5-7). The semantic development from 'measuring line' to 'measured territory' is natural and well-attested across Semitic languages. 7×
AR["إِقْلِيمُ","إِقْلِيمِ","السَّاحِلُ","سَاحِلُ","سَاحِلِ"]·ben["অঞ্চল","উপকূল","উপকূলের","যা"]·DE["Gebiet","Gegend-von","der-region-von"]·EN["region-of","the-region","the-region-of"]·FR["corde","le-region-de","région-de"]·heb["חבל"]·HI["तट","दिया","प्रदेश","मम्लकत"]·ID["pesisir","wilayah"]·IT["corda","il-region-di","region-di"]·jav["pesisir","wewengkon"]·KO["지역","지역이"]·PT["região","região-de"]·RU["области","область","побережье","побережья"]·ES["región","región-de"]·SW["eneo-la","lililo","pwani","pwani-ya"]·TR["bölgesi","bölgesi-","kıyı","kıyısı-"]·urd["ساحل","علاقہ"]
4. band, company of people — A company or band of people bound together for a common purpose, possibly derived from the image of people joined as by a cord. Used specifically of the band of prophets whom Saul encountered coming down from the high place with instruments, prophesying (1 Sam 10:5, 10). The usage is restricted to this narrative context in Samuel, describing an organized group moving together in prophetic ecstasy. 2×
AR["فِرْقَةَ","فِرْقَةُ-"]·ben["একটি-দল","একটি-দল-"]·DE["band-von","band-von-"]·EN["band-of","band-of-"]·FR["bande-de","bande-de-"]·heb["חֶבֶל"]·HI["दल"]·ID["rombongan","rombongan-"]·IT["banda-di","banda-di-"]·jav["rombongan","rombongan-"]·KO["무리가","무리를"]·PT["grupo-de"]·RU["группа-","группу"]·ES["grupo-de"]·SW["kikundi"]·TR["grup","grup-"]·urd["جماعت"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. חֶ֫בֶל n.m. Jos 2:14 f. †Zp 2:6 (but v. infr.) cord, territory, band; ח׳ abs. Jos 2:15 +; cstr. Dt 3:4 +, חֵ֫בֶל Jos 19:29; sf. חַבְלוֹ Jb 18:10; pl. חֲבָלִים 2 S 8:2 + 10 times + Ez 47:13 Jb 21:7 v. infr.; cstr. חַבְלֵי Jos 17:5 + 5 times; חֶבְלֵי ψ 116:3 + 4 times + ψ 18:5 (read משׁברי v. infr.); sf. חֲבָלָ֑יִךְ Is 33:23; חֲבָלָיו Is 33:20;— 1. cord, rope, by which men were lowered Jos…