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Hebrew Word Study
H2254
חָבַל
châbal
H2254 · Hebrew
To bind, to pledge, to destroy. Chabal. Job says his spirit is broken — chabal. The word carries the weight of something twisted and ruined. Yet even in ruin Job holds on. The God who binds can also unbind. The God who breaks can also restore.
Verses with this word
Deuteronomy 24:6
“No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.”
Deuteronomy 24:17
“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:”
Nehemiah 1:7
“We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, whic...”
Job 17:1
“My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.”
Job 22:6
“For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.”