Strong's Concordance H2256

Original Word: חֶבֶל
Transliteration: chebel
Phonetic Spelling: kheh'-bel
or חֵבֶל; from H2254; 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; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

Usages throughout the 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 H2256 of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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 H2256 of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

Deuteronomy 3:14 - Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country H2256 of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.

Deuteronomy 32:9 - For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot H2256 of his inheritance.

Joshua 2:15 - Then she let them down by a cord H2256 through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

Joshua 17:5 - And there fell ten portions H2256 to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;

Joshua 17:14 - And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion H2256 to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

Joshua 19:9 - Out of the portion H2256 of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

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 from the coast H2256 to Achzib:

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 thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company H2256 of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

1 Samuel 10:10 - And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company H2256 of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

2 Samuel 8:2 - And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, H2256 casting them down to the ground; even with two lines H2256 measured he to put to death, and with one full line H2256 to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

2 Samuel 17:13 - Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes H2256 to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

2 Samuel 22:6 - The sorrows H2256 of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

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 region H2256 of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

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, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes H2256 upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

1 Kings 20:32 - So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes H2256 on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

1 Chronicles 16:18 - Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot H2256 of your inheritance;

Esther 1:6 - Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords H2256 of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

Job 18:10 - The snare H2256 is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

Job 21:17 - How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows H2256 in his anger.

Job 36:8 - And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords H2256 of affliction;

Job 39:3 - They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. H2256

Job 41:1 - Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord H2256 which thou lettest down?

Psalms 16:6 - The lines H2256 are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Psalms 18:4 - The sorrows H2256 of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Psalms 18:5 - The sorrows H2256 of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Psalms 78:55 - He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, H2256 and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Psalms 105:11 - Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot H2256 of your inheritance:

Psalms 116:3 - The sorrows H2256 of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Psalms 119:61 - The bands H2256 of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

Psalms 140:5 - The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; H2256 they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Proverbs 5:22 - His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords H2256 of his sins.

Ecclesiastes 12:6 - Or ever the silver cord H2256 be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

Isaiah 5:18 - Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords H2256 of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

Isaiah 13:8 - And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows H2256 shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

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; H2256 so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.

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; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords H2256 thereof be broken.

Isaiah 33:23 - Thy tacklings H2256 are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

Isaiah 66:7 - Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain H2256 came, she was delivered of a man child.

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 H2256 take thee, as a woman in travail?

Jeremiah 22:23 - O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs H2256 come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

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 down Jeremiah with cords. H2256 And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

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 rags, and let them down by cords H2256 into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

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. H2256 And Jeremiah did so.

Jeremiah 38:13 - So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, H2256 and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jeremiah 49:24 - Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows H2256 have taken her, as a woman in travail.

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, H2256 and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

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 have two portions. H2256

Hosea 11:4 - I drew them with cords H2256 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 them.