International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ROPErop: Used in the Old Testament for chebhel, "that which binds" (2 Samuel 17:13, etc.), and for `abhoth, "that which is woven" (Judges 15:13, etc.). In neither word is any specified thickness or strength connoted, and chebhel is translated equally well by "line" (2 Samuel 8:2, etc.) or "cord" (Joshua 2:15, etc.), and `abhoth by "cord" (Psalm 118:27, etc.), as best suits the context. Similarly in the New Testament the word schoinion, literally, "made of rushes" can mean the rope by which a boat is fastened (Acts 27:32) or small cords suitable for a whip (John 2:15). The usual material for ropes was certainly flax (hemp), but the Egyptians, and so possibly the Hebrews, at times made ropes of leathern thongs.
See CORD; LINE; SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 2.
Burton Scott Easton
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See
Cordage.
2. (n.) A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
3. (n.) The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
4. (v. i.) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.
5. (v. t.) To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.
6. (v. t.) To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.
7. (v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.
8. (v. t.) To lasso (a steer, horse).
9. (v. t.) To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.
10. (v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.
Strong's Hebrew
5364. niqpah -- an encircling rope... << 5363, 5364. niqpah. 5365 >>. an encircling
rope. Transliteration: niqpah
Phonetic Spelling: (nik-paw') Short Definition:
rope. Word
... /hebrew/5364.htm - 6k 5688. aboth -- cord, rope, cordage
... aboth or aboth or abothah. 5689 >>. cord, rope, cordage. Transliteration: aboth
or aboth or abothah Phonetic Spelling: (ab-oth') Short Definition: cords. ...
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2256. chebel -- cord, territory, band
... Or chebel {khay'-bel}; from chabal; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring
line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as ...
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100. agmon -- a rush, bulrush
... Word Origin from the same as agam Definition a rush, bulrush NASB Word Usage bulrush
(2), reed (1), rope (1), rushes (1). bulrush, caldron, hook, rush. ...
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3499. yether -- remainder, excess, preeminence
... From yathar; properly, an overhanging, ie (by implication) an excess, superiority,
remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free) -- + abundant, cord, exceeding ...
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2256a. chebel -- cord, territory, band
... cord (2), cords (13), group (2), line (4), lines (2), measurement (1), measuring
line (1), noose (1), portion (3), portions (2), region (5), rope (1), ropes (7 ...
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2254. chabal -- to bind, pledge
... A primitive root; to wind tightly (as a rope), ie To bind; specifically, by a pledge;
figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of ...
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2614. chanaq -- to strangle
... A primitive root (compare chanak); to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or
(reflex.) To choke oneself to death (by a rope) -- hang self, strangle. ...
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1379. gabal -- to bound, border
... A primitive root; properly, to twist as a rope; only (as a denominative from gbuwl)
to bound (as by a line) -- be border, set (bounds about). see HEBREW gbuwl. ...
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