Strong’s definition
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); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
KJV gloss list in the source
band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Source pronunciation notation: kheh'-bel
Derivation recorded by Strong
or חֵבֶל; from H2254 (חָבַל);
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