1. cord, rope, by which men were lowered Josh 2:15 ( J E ), Jer 38:6 ; Jer 38:11; Jer 38:12; Jer 38:13, or stones dragged 2Sam 17:13 of tents Isa 33:20 tackling of ship Isa 33:23 for binding Ezek 27:24; Job 40:25; Esth 1:6 symbol of captivity or subjection 1Kgs 20:31; 1Kgs 20:32 figurative of snare for wicked Job 18:10 (|| מַלְכֻּדְתּוֺ), set by wicked Ps 140:6 (|| פַּה); Ps 119:61 cords of wicked men have surrounded me; of wicked held בחבלי חַטָּאתוֺ Prov 5:22 ׳ ח הָשָּׁ֑וְא Isa 5:18 cords (ropes) of wickedness (|| כַּעֲבוֺת הָעֲגָלָה); of cords of distress (עֹ֑נִי) Job 36:8 (|| וִקִּים ); so חֶבְלֵי מָוֶת (probably) Ps 116:3, חֶבְלֵי שׁאוֺל Ps 18:6 = 2Sam 22:6 (|| מוֺקְשֵׁי מָוֶת); — for חֶבְלֵי מות Ps 18:5 read מִשְׁבְּרֵי, see 2Sam 22:5 and || נַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל, De Che Bae; to draw בְּחַבְלֵי אָדָם Hos 11:4 (i.e. humanely, kindly); of cord of life חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף Eccl 12:6.

2. measuring-cord, line מִדָּה ׳ ח Zech 2:5 so ׳ ח alone 2Sam 8:2 (3 t. in verse); Amos 7:17; Mic 2:5; Ps 78:55 figurative (of favoured life) Ps 16:5 in general of one's portion, fortune Job 21:17 according to ᵑ7 Thes Add. Ew Di and others, but < see חֵבֶל . Thence

3. measured portion, lot, part, region, נַחֲלָה ׳ ח inherited portion Deut 32:9; 1Chr 16:18 = Ps 105:11 also ׳ ח alone Josh 17:5; Josh 17:14; Josh 19:9; Ezek 47:13 (חבלים; ᵑ9 ᵑ7 read as dual, see Ew Sm Da and others; Co strike out on internal grounds); of particular regions אַרְגֹּב ׳ ח Deut 3:4; Deut 3:13; Deut 3:14; 1Kgs 4:13 אַכְזִיב ׳ ח Josh 19:29 (si vera 1., see WMM^{Asien 194}); הַיָּם ׳ ח Zeph 2:5 also v Zeph 2:6, but ׳ היתה ח here dubious; Sta proposes 2 feminine singular הָיִת, and strike out הים ׳ ח; without הים, Zeph 2:7.

4. band, company of prophets 1Sam 10:5; 1Sam 10:10. — II. חֶבֶל see below II. חָבַל .

1. pains of travail:

2. of other than birth-pangs only חבלים Job 21:17 pains, pangs, sorrows (so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Thes, — otherwise Add. — Rob-Ges Hi Da and others; || נֵר יִדְעָ֑ךְ, יָבאֹ אֵידָם ); > others, portion, fortune, see חֶבֶל .