עֲבֹת noun masculine^{Judges 15:13}#NAME?feminine^{Judges 15:14} + (twisted) cord, rope; cordage; interwoven foliage (?); — absolute ׳ע Exodus 28:14 2t.; construct עֲבוֺת Isaiah 5:18; Psalm 129:4; suffix 3masculine singular עֲבֹתוֺ Job 39:10, 3masculine plural עֲבֹתֵ֑ימוֺ Psalm 2:3; plural עֲבֹּתִים Judges 15:13 +, עֲבֹתֹת +, Exodus 28:14 +, etc.; —

1 cord, rope:

a. as fetter, Judges 15:13,14; Judges 16:11,12; Ezekiel 3:25; Ezekiel 4:8; Job 39:10 (of wild ox), so also probably Psalm 118:27 bind the festal victim (חַג) with cords Ew Ol De Hup-Now Dr and others; > with branches Che, compare Bae Du; figurative of authority Psalm 2:3 ("" מוֺסְרוֺתֵימוֺ), Psalm 129:4.

b. עֲבוֺת הָעֲגָלָה Isaiah 5:18 i.e. with which a cart is drawn (in simile; "" חַבְלֵי הַשָּׁוְא); figurativeעֲבֹתוֺת אַהֲבָה Hosea 11:4 with the cords of love, of ׳יs drawing Israel ("" חַבְלֵי אָדָם).

c. cordage, cord, of (twisted) golden chains on high priest's breast-piece (all P): מַעֲשֵׂה עֲבֹת, cordage-work Exodus 28:14,22; Exodus 39:15; שַׁרְשְׁרֹת הָעֲבֹתֹת Exodus 28:14 the chains of cords (cordlike chains); שְׁתֵּי (הָ)עֲבֹתֹת the two cords Exodus 28:24; Exodus 28:25; Exodus 39:17,18.

2 interwoven foliage (?) in phrase (עַלֿ)בֵּין עֲבֹתִים of top of a vine Ezekiel 19:11 (clouds Ew Hi-Sm Toy, read then עָבוֺת); of cedar, Ezekiel 31:3,10,14, but in these certainly clouds, so ᵐ5 Ew Hi-Sm Co and others

עֹג see עוֺג