כֶּבֶל
kevel · fetter
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3525 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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kevel (כֶּבֶל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fetter”.
A shackle or chain to hold a prisoner's feet.
How to say it
ke·vel
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
- Irons binding a prisoner's feet.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 105:18
They afflicted with fetters his feet; into iron his soul entered,
- Psalms 149:8
to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron,