חֲבַל
chaval · harm, damage
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H2257 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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chaval (חֲבַל) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “harm, damage”.
(Aramaic).
How to say it
cha·val
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Hurt suffered in the body.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- harm ×2
- should the damage ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezra 4:22
And be careful of negligence in acting on this. Why should the damage grow to the harm of kings?”
- Daniel 3:25
He answered and said, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no harm in them; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
- Daniel 6:23
Then the king was very glad about it, and he said to bring Daniel up from the den. And Daniel was brought up from the den, and no harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his Elah.