Strong's Lexicon: H2280 חָבַשׁ

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2280
Word:	חָבַשׁ
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	33
Transliteration:	chabash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-bash'
Meaning:	1. to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle) 2. (figuratively) to stop, to rule
KJV Renderings:	bind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.

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[חָבַשׁ] verb bind, bind on, bind up (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian abâšu, according to Dl^{W 70, Pr 174}; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1607] confine, restrict; yet on Assyrian —ibšu 'Kopfbinde' (with חֿ), etc., see Zehnpf^{BAS i. 499, 526}; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1608]; compare [untranscribed source text 1609], חֲבוּשְׁיָא imprisonment, etc.) —

Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular וְחָבַשְׁתָּ֫ Exod 29:9 2 masculine plural חֲבַשְׁתֶּם Ezek 34:4 Imperfect יַחֲבוֺשׁ Job 34:17 וַיַּחֲבשׁ Gen 22:3 + 4 t.; וַיַּחֲבָשֿׁ 1Kgs 13:23 וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ Job 5:18 וַיַּחְבְּשֵׁנוּ Hos 6:1 3 feminine singular וַתַחֲבשׁ 2Kgs 4:24 אֶחֱבשׁ Ezek 34:16 cohortative אֶחְבְּשָׁהֿ 2Sam 19:27 (but compare below); וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁךְ Ezek 16:10 וַיַּחְבְּשׁוֿ 1Kgs 13:13 וַיַּחֲב֑שׁו 1Kgs 13:27 Imperative חֲבשׁ Job 40:13 חֲבוֺשׁ Ezek 24:17 חִבְשׁוּ 1Kgs 13:13; 1Kgs 13:27 Infinitive construct חֲבשׁ Isa 30:26; Isa 61:1 לְחָבְּשָׁהּ Ezek 30:21 (strike out Co, compare ᵐ5 ). Participle active חֹבֵשׁ Isa 3:7 passive חָבוּשׁ Jonah 2:6 חֲבוּשִׁים Judg 19:10 חֲבֻשִׁים 2Sam 16:1; Ezek 27:24 —

1. bind, bind on:

a. headgear, with accusative of thing, לְ person Exod 29:9; Lev 8:13 (both P ); with על person Ezek 24:17 ( P ); passive of seaweeds clinging about head סוּף חָבוּשׁ לְראֹשִׁי Jonah 2:6 with suffix person and בְּ of thing וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁךְ Ezek 16:10 and I bound (or wound) about thee (i.e. thy head, Sm VB ) שֵׁשׁ (in metaphor of ׳ י's care for Jerusalem; || אַלְבִּישֵׁךְ, אֶנְעֲלֵךְ); figurative of punishment for wicked פְּנֵיהֶם חֲבשׁ בטמון Job 40:13 bind their faces in darkness (|| טָמְנֵם בֶּעָפָר) see Di.

b. passive probably twined, twisted in חֲבָלִים חֲבֻשִׁים וַאֲרֻזִים Ezek 27:24 , cords twisted and strong, see Sm Da. Especially

c. of equipping a beast for riding; ass, in accusative Gen 22:3; Num 22:21 (both E ), 2Sam 17:23 & 2Sam 19:27 (where however read לוֺ חָבְשָׁהלִּֿי, so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Th We Dr), 1Kgs 2:40; 1Kgs 13:13 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 13:23; 1Kgs 13:27 (twice in verse) (1Kgs 13:27 b no direct object expressed) 2Kgs 4:24 passive, also of asses, Judg 19:10; 2Sam 16:1.

d. figurative = restrain, control (German bändigen), absolute Job 34:17 .

2. bind up, namely a wound, usually in figure, of comforting the distressed, etc.; with suffix person Hos 6:1 (|| רָפָא, opposed to הִכָּה); followed by לְ person לַחֲבשׁ לְנִשְׁבְּרֵילֵֿב Isa 61:1 compare Ezek 34:4 (followed by לַנִּשְׁבֶּרֶת; || חַזֵּק, רִפֵּא), v Ezek 34:16 (followed by id.; || חִזֵּק); followed by accusative of thing בְּיוֺם אֶתשֶֿׁבֶר עַמּוֺ ׳ חֲבשׁ י Isa 30:26 (|| רָפָא); with accusative of Pharaoh's broken arm Ezek 30:21 (si vera lectio, see above; compare Pu`al); absolute Job 5:18 also Isa 3:7 of repairing fortunes of people (opposed to הִכְאִיב; || רָפָה = רָפָא).

Pi`el Perfect חִבֵּשׁ bind, restrain מִבְּכִי נהרות Job 28:11 Participle מְחַבֵּשׁ bind up לְעַצְבוֺתָם Ps 147:3 .

Pu`al Perfect be bound up חֻבְּשָׁה Ezek 30:21 (metaphor) Pharaoh's broken arm; חֻבָּ֑שׁוּ Isa 1:6 (wounds of land of Judah).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חבש (ghāh-vash’)

Exodus 20:2

KJV: I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.bondage: Heb. servants

EHCC: and pat the bonnets on them: (marg. bem)

Ezekiel 34:4

KJV: The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

EHCC: neither have ye bound up

Isaiah 30:26

KJV: Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

EHCC: in the day that the Lord bindsth ק

Isaiah 61:1

KJV: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

EHCC: to bind up the brokenhearted,

Ezekiel 30:21

KJV: Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

EHCC: to put a roller to bind it,

1 Kings 13:18

KJV: He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

EHCC: he said unto his sons, Saddle me

Job 40:13

KJV: Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

EHCC: bind their faces in secret.

Ezekiel 24:17

KJV: Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.Forbear: Heb. Be silentlips: Heb. upper lip

EHCC: bind the tire of thine head .

Genesis 22:3

KJV: And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

EHCC: and saddled his ass,

Leviticus 8:13

KJV: And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the Lord commanded Moses.put bonnets: Heb. bound bonnets

EHCC: and put bonnetsupon them ; (marg- bam)

Numbers 22:21

KJV: And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

EHCC: and saddled his ass,

2 Samuel 17:28

KJV: Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,basons: or, cups

EHCC: he pre ee and arose,

2 Samuel 19:26

KJV: And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

EHCC: (27 ). Iwill me an ass,

1 Kings 2:40

KJV: And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

EHCC: Shimei arose, and saddled his ast,

1 Kings 13:13

KJV: And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

EHCC: So they saddled him the ass:

Job 5:18

KJV: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

EHCC: he maketh nd bindeth sp:

Job 34:17

KJV: Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?govern: Heb. bind?

EHCC: Shall even he that bateth right gout

Job 34:16

KJV: If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

EHCC: and will bind up

Hosea 6:1

KJV: Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

EHCC: und he will bind us up.

Job 23:11

KJV: My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

EHCC: He bindeth the floods from overflowing ;

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