Strong H2256H2256Aחֶ֫בֶל
Mahalab
One of the 5 senses of Strong H2256
- Transliteration
- chebel chêbel
- Pronunciation
- {kheh'-bel} khay'-bel
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun
Definition
This name means a cord, territory, region
Another name of ach.lav (אַחְלָב "Ahlab" H303)
Another name of ach.lav (אַחְלָב "Ahlab" H303)
General definition
From H2254; 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: - {band} {coast} {company} {cord} {country} {destruction} {line} {lot} {pain} {pang} {portion} {region} {rope} {snare} {sorrow} tackling.
In the biblical story
Ahlab
A Canaanite city allotted to Asher.
Ahlab (Mahalab), a city in Asher's territory, not conquered by the Israelites.
In the Bible
Strong H2256A appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- coast1
First verses
- Joshua 19:29And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: