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cho.vel H2259

חֹבֵל (cho.vel) means “pilot” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חֹבֵל Hebrew · H2259 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses

Pronunciation guide: kho-bale' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2259

חֹבֵל · cho.vel · pilot

sailor, seaman

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

active participle from H2254 (חָבַל) (in the sense of handling ropes); a sailor

KJV glosses: pilot, shipmaster.

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How translators render H2259

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
as your captains 1
captains 1
the captains 1
when your sailors 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
all the pilots 1
and thy pilots 1
of thy pilots 1
so the shipmaster 1
were in thee were thy pilots 1

Verses containing H2259

Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Ezekiel 27:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.

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  2. Ezekiel 27:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.

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  3. Ezekiel 27:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.

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  4. Ezekiel 27:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.

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  5. Jonah 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

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Sources and text

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