Strong H22543 sensesחָבַל

The 3 senses of Strong H2254

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2254 appears in 25 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. to destroyH2254Bto destroy, spoil, deal corruptly, offend11 verses · 7 books
2. to pledgeH2254Ato bind10 verses · 6 books
3. be in labourH2254Ctravail2 verses · Psalms, Song of Songs

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• destroy7
• take7
• pledge6
• bands2
• be1
• bring1
• corruptly1
• dealt1
• offend1
• spoil1
• taketh1
• thee1

First verses

1. Exodus 22:26
   If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
2. Deuteronomy 24:6
   No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
3. Deuteronomy 24:17
   Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
4. Nehemiah 1:7
   We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
5. Job 17:1
   My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
6. Job 22:6
   For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7. Job 24:3
   They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
8. Job 24:9
   They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
9. Job 34:31
   Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
10. Psalms 7:14
    Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
11. Proverbs 13:13
    Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
12. Proverbs 20:16
    Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
13. Proverbs 27:13
    Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14. Ecclesiastes 5:6
    Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
15. Song of Songs 2:15
    Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
16. Song of Songs 8:5
    Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
17. Isaiah 10:27
    And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
18. Isaiah 13:5
    They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
19. Isaiah 32:7
    The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
20. Isaiah 54:16
    Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.