Strongs Number: H2259
- Hebrew Word
- חֹבֵל
- Transliteration
- chôbêl
- Phonetic
- kho-bale'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a sailor
- BDB Definition
-
1. sailor, seaman
- Origin
- Active participle from H2254 (in the sense of handling ropes)
- Bible Usage
- {pilot} shipmaster.