חֵבֶל (ḥōbĕlîm) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning pain. It appears
62 times
in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2256).
Also rendered
cord
destruction
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 592b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 592b)cord, territory, band; rope; measuring-cord, line; measured portion, lot, part, region; company; district, inheritance, noose, throe, ruin; coast, country, destruction, pain, pang, portion, snare, sorrow, tackling
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חֶ֫בֶלnoun, masculine: cord, territory, band
1.cord, rope
2.measuring-cord, line
3.measured portion, lot, part, region
4.band, company of prophets
Strong's H2256חֶבֶל: 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); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin KJV:band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
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.