חֲבֹל
chavol · pledge
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2258 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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chavol (חֲבֹל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pledge”.
A pledge: something left as security for a debt.
How to say it
cha·vol
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
- Something left as security for a debt.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Ezekiel 18:7
and does not oppress anyone, restores his pledge for a debt, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry, and covers the naked with clothing;
- Ezekiel 18:12
oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robberies, does not restore the pledge, and lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination,
- Ezekiel 18:16
and does not oppress anyone, does not take a pledge, and commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry, and covers the naked with clothing;
- Ezekiel 33:15
the wicked returns the pledge, pays back what he robbed, walks in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he will surely live; he will not die.