חֹבֵל
ḥōbēl
sailor
Strong's H2259NounHebrewTWOT 592c

חֹבֵל (ḥōbēl) is a Hebrew noun meaning sailor. It appears 5 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2259).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 592c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 592c)sailor, rope; pilot, shipmaster
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֹבֵל noun, masculine: sailor, rope

sailor (i.e. rope-puller)

Strong's H2259 חֹבֵל: a sailor
KJV:pilot, shipmaster.

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.

Root family 592: חבל ḥbl — Root of: חֹבְלִים union, binders; חֶ֫בֶל cord, territory, band; חֹבֵל sailor, rope; חִבֵּל mast, corded, roped

See it in Scripture

Ezekiel 27:8

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