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חֲבֹל

cha.vol

pledge

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Strong’s H2258aNoun, masculine3 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

a pledge3

In the text

Ezekiel 18:12חֲבֹל
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֲבֹל n.[m.] pledge (as binding)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.