חָבַל châbal

Meaning

to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)

In the King James Version: [idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Exodus 22:26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
• Deuteronomy 24:6 Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
• Deuteronomy 24:17 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
• Nehemiah 1:7 We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
• Job 17:1 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
• Job 22:6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
• Job 24:3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
• Job 24:9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
• Job 34:31 Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
• Psalms 7:14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
• Proverbs 13:13 He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
• Proverbs 20:16 Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
• Proverbs 27:13 Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
• Ecclesiastes 5:6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
• Song of Solomon 2:15 Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
• Song of Solomon 8:5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
• Isaiah 10:27 On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
• Isaiah 13:5 They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
• Isaiah 32:7 The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
• Isaiah 54:16 Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
• Ezekiel 18:16 He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
• Amos 2:8 They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
• Micah 2:10 Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!