# H2259 חֹבֵל

חֹבֵל (chôbêl), Strong’s H2259: a sailor KJV: pilot, shipmaster.. Occurs 4 times.

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*chôbêl* — a sailor

KJV: pilot, shipmaster.

Derived from [חָבַל châbal](https://besorah.bible/word/H2254) (to wind tightly)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חֹבֵל n.m. sailor (i.e. rope-puller)

## Where it occurs
- [Ezekiel 27:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/27?v=8) — The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, Tyre, were in you. They were your pilots.
- [Ezekiel 27:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/27?v=27) — Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, the dealers in…
- [Ezekiel 27:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/27?v=28) — At the sound of the cry of your pilots, the pasture lands will shake.
- [Ezekiel 27:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/27?v=29) — All who handle the oars, the mariners and all the pilots of the sea, will come down from their ships. They will stand…