BDB3893
כֶּ֫בֶל noun [masculine] fetter(s), late; — singular collective עִנּוּ רגליו ׳ בַכּ Ps 105:18 they humbled his feet with fetters (|| בַּרְזֶל); plural construct אסר בְּכַבְּלֵי בַרְזֶל Ps 149:8 (|| זִקִּים).
Strong's Lexicon
H3525
H3525 — כֶּבֶל
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H3525 |
|---|---|
| Word: | כֶּבֶל |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from an unused root meaning to twine or braid together |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | kebel |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | keh'-bel |
| Meaning: | 1. a fetter |
| KJV Renderings: | fetter. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
כבל (keh’-vel)
Psalms 105:18
- KJV: Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:he…: Heb. his soul came into iron
- EHCC: Whose feet they hurt with feters:
Psalms 149:8
- KJV: To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
- EHCC: their mobos wit ft of bo