חָבַל (ḥābal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning act (ruinously) corruptly. It appears
27 times
in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2254).
Also rendered
travail
bind
to pledge
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 593)
Range of meaning (TWOT 593)bind, pledge; becometh pledged to it; writhe, twist, travail; wind, pervert, destroy; band, bring forth, corrupt, corruptly, offend, lay to pledge, spoil, withhold
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָבַלverb: bind, pledge
Qal
1.bind
2.bind by taking a pledge of
Niphalimperfect becometh pledged to it
Pielwrithe, twist, hence travail
Strong's H2254חָבַל: to 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) KJV:× at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, × very, withhold.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.