Strong H2254H2254Bחָבַל
to destroy
One of the 3 senses of Strong H2254
- Transliteration
- châbal
- Pronunciation
- khaw-bal'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
1) to destroy, spoil, deal corruptly, offend
1a) (Qal) to spoil, corrupt, offend
1b) (Niphal) to be ruined
1c) (Piel) to destroy, ruin
1d) (Pual) to be ruined, be broken
Aramaic equivalent: cha.val (חֲבַל "to destroy" H2255)
1a) (Qal) to spoil, corrupt, offend
1b) (Niphal) to be ruined
1c) (Piel) to destroy, ruin
1d) (Pual) to be ruined, be broken
Aramaic equivalent: cha.val (חֲבַל "to destroy" H2255)
General definition
A primitive root; to wind tightly (as a {rope}) that {is} to bind; specifically by a pledge; figuratively to {pervert} destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition): - X at {all} {band} bring {forth} (deal) corrupt (-ly) {destroy} {offend} lay to (take a) {pledge} {spoil} {travail} X {very} withhold.
In the Bible
Strong H2254B appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- destroy7
- be1
- corruptly1
- dealt1
- offend1
- spoil1
First verses
- Nehemiah 1:7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
- Job 17:1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
- Job 34:31Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
- Proverbs 13:13Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
- Ecclesiastes 5:6Suffer 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?
- Song of Songs 2:15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
- Isaiah 10:27And 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.
- Isaiah 13:5They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
- Isaiah 32:7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
- Isaiah 54:16Behold, 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.
- Micah 2:10Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.