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חֶבֶל

chebel · kheh'-belHebrew · H2256

Derivation

or חֵבֶל; from H2254 (חָבַל);

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

Translated as

cords (12), sorrows (9), line (5), cord (4), coast (4), region (3), lot (3), ropes (3), portion (2), company (2), lines (2), pangs (2), country (1), portions (1), snare (1), bands (1), tacklings (1), pain (1)

Where it appears

Found in 55 verses

Deuteronomy
3:4, 3:13, 3:14, 32:9
1 Samuel
10:5, 10:10
2 Samuel
8:2, 17:13, 22:6
1 Kings
4:13, 20:31, 20:32
1 Chronicles
16:18
Esther
1:6
Proverbs
5:22
Ecclesiastes
12:6
Ezekiel
27:24
Hosea
11:4, 13:13
Amos
7:17
Micah
2:5
Zephaniah
2:5, 2:6, 2:7
Zechariah
2:1

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