King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2260
Transliteration: chibbel
Phonetic Spelling: (khib-bale')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: probably a mast
Meaning: probably a mast
Word Summary
chibbel: probably a mast
Original Word: חִבֵּלTransliteration: chibbel
Phonetic Spelling: (khib-bale')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: probably a mast
Meaning: probably a mast
Strong's Concordance
mast From chabal (in the sense of furnished with ropes); a mast -- mast.
see HEBREW chabal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2260. chibbel
חִבֵּל noun [masculine] probably mast (as corded or roped in place; denominative from חֶבֶל) — only in simile of drunken man ח בְּראֹשׁ ׳שֹׁכֵב Proverbs 23:24 (opposed to בְּלֶביָֿם שֹׁכֵב) i.e. in the lookout-basket at the mast-head, compare Thes in carchesio. — ᵑ9 ᵐ5 read חֹבֵל.