chavar · join, ally

What it means

chavar (חָבַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “join, ally”.

Join, unite; join together, become allies. Also cast spells.

How to say it

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

1. To set two things together so that they form one.
2. To make an alliance with someone.
3. To utter spells to bind or control others by magic.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• joined ×15
• join ×4
• Because you allied yourself ×1
• He allied him ×1
• I could string together ×1
• allied himself ×1
• be allied with you ×1
• charmer ×1
• joining ×1
• one who binds ×1
• others ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×14
• Deuteronomy×1
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Job×1
• Psalms×3
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Ezekiel×2
• Daniel×2
• Hosea×1

• Genesis 14:3

  All these joined forces at the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

• Exodus 26:3

  Five curtains shall be joined one to another, and five curtains joined one to another.

• Exodus 26:6

  You shall make fifty clasps of gold and join the curtains one to another with the clasps, so that the dwelling shall be one whole.

• Exodus 26:9

  You shall join five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent.

• Exodus 26:11

  You shall make fifty clasps of bronze and put the clasps into the loops and join the tent so that it is one whole.

• Exodus 28:7

  It shall have two shoulder pieces joined to its two ends, so that it is joined together.

• Exodus 36:10

  And he joined five curtains, one to another, and five curtains he joined, one to another.

• Exodus 36:13

  And he made fifty clasps of gold and joined the curtains, one to another, with the clasps, so that the dwelling became one.

• Exodus 36:16

  And he joined five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

• Exodus 36:18

  And he made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent to be one.

• Exodus 39:4

  Shoulder pieces they made for it, joining; at its two ends it was joined.

• Deuteronomy 18:11

  or a charmer casting spells, or one who consults those who call up the dead, or a spiritist, or one who seeks the dead.

• 2 Chronicles 20:35

  After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

• 2 Chronicles 20:36

  He allied him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made ships in Ezion-geber.

• 2 Chronicles 20:37

  Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you allied yourself with Ahaziah, YHWH has made a breach in your works.” And the ships were broken, and they were not able to go to Tarshish.

• Job 16:4

  I also could speak like you, if your soul were in place of my soul; I could string together words against you, and shake my head at you.

• Psalms 58:5

  that does not listen to the voice of charmers, of one who binds spells skillfully.

• Psalms 94:20

  Can a throne of calamities be allied with you, one that forms suffering upon a statute?

• Psalms 122:3

  Jerusalem, the one built as a city that is joined together,

• Ecclesiastes 9:4

  For whoever is joined to all the living has confidence, for a living dog is better than the dead lion.

• Ezekiel 1:9

  their wings were joined one to another; they did not turn as they went; each went in the direction of its face.

• Ezekiel 1:11

  And such were their faces. And their wings were spread out upward; each had two joined to those of another, and two covering their bodies.

• Daniel 11:6

  And at the end of some years they will make an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement; but she will not retain the strength of the arm, and he will not stand, nor his arm; and she will be given up, and those who brought her, and he who fathered her, and he who supported her in those times.

• Daniel 11:23

  And from the time an alliance is made with him he will act deceitfully, and he will go up and become strong with a small nation.

• Hosea 4:17

  Joined to idols is Ephraim; leave him alone.

And 4 more times.