Strong H2259חֹבֵל
pilot
- Transliteration
- chôbêl
- Pronunciation
- kho-bale'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Active participle from H2254 (in the sense of handling ropes); a sailor: - {pilot} shipmaster.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: pilot
Exact lexical definition: sailor
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: חֹבֵל n.m . sailor (i.e. rope -puller)
In the Bible
Strong H2259 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pilot4
- shipmaster1
First verses
- Ezekiel 27:8The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
- Ezekiel 27:27Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
- Ezekiel 27:28The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
- Ezekiel 27:29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
- Jonah 1:6So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.