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# עֲבֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5688

**twisted** — used 20 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

twisted [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5688/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲבֹת: n.m. twisted cord, rope; cordage; interwoven foliage [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5688/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ju 15:13 + et f. Ju 15:14; Jb 39:10 (twisted) cord, rope; cordage; interwoven foliage (?);—abs. ע׳ Ex 28:14 + 2 times; cstr. עֲבוֹת Is 5:18 ψ 129:4; sf. 3 ms. עֲבֹתוֹ Jb 39:10, 3 mpl. עֲבֹתֵ֑ימוֹ ψ 2:3; pl. עֲבֹתִים Ju 15:13 +, עֲבֹתֹת Ex 28:14 +, etc.;— cord, rope: as fetter, Ju 15:13, 14; 16:11, 12; Ez 3:25; 4:8; Jb 39:10 (of wild ox), so also prob. ψ 118:27 bind the festal victim (חַג) with cords Ew Ol De Hup-Now Dr al.; \> with branches Che, cf. Bae Du; fig. of authority ψ 2:3 (‖ מוֹסְרוֹתֵימוֹ), 129:4. עֲבוֹת הָעֲגָלָה Is 5:18 i.e. with which a cart is drawn (in sim.; ‖ חַבְלֵי הַשָּׁוְא); fig. עֲבֹתוֹת אַהֲבָה Ho 11:4 with the cords of love, of י׳’s drawing Isr. (‖ חַבְלֵי אָדָם). cordage, cord, of (twisted) golden chains on high priest’s breast-piece (all P): מַעֲשֵׂה עֲבֹת, cordage-work Ex 28:14, 22; 39:15; שַׁרְשְׁרֹת הָעֲבֹתֹת 28:14 the chains of cords (cordlike chains); שְׁתֵּי (הָ)עֲבֹתֹת the two cords v 24, 25; 39:17, 18. interwoven foliage (?) in phr. (עַל־)בֵּין עֲבֹתִים of top of a vine Ez 19:11 (clouds Ew Hi-Sm Toy, read then עָבוֹת); of cedar, 31:3, 10, 14, but in these certainly clouds, so 𝔊 Ew Hi-Sm Co al.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: ropes (9); cords (3); of cordage (3).

## In the verses

[Psalms 129:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.4/#tree)

יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲב֣וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh \[is\].righteous he.has.cut.off \[the\].rope of.wicked.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

[Psalms 2:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.2.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.2.3/#tree)

נְֽ֭נַתְּקָה אֶת־מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ וְנַשְׁלִ֖יכָה מִמֶּ֣נּוּ עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹ׃

*Word for word:* let.us.tear.apart (et) fetters their and let.us.throw away from.us ropes their

*JPS 1917:* 'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5688.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5688/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).