King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2259
Transliteration: chobel
Phonetic Spelling: (kho-bale')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: sailor
Meaning: a sailor
Word Summary
chobel: sailor
Original Word: חֹבֵלTransliteration: chobel
Phonetic Spelling: (kho-bale')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: sailor
Meaning: a sailor
Strong's Concordance
pilot, shipmaster Active participle from chabal (in the sense of handling ropes); a sailor -- pilot, shipmaster.
see HEBREW chabal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2259. chobel
חֹבֵל noun masculine sailor (denominative from חֶבֶל; i.e. rope-puller) — הַיָּם חֹבְלֵי Ezekiel 27:29; חֹבְלָ֑יִךְ 27:8, 27, 28; collective הַחֹבֵל רַב i.e. the captain Jonah 1:6.