חֹבֵלchôbêl

sailor, (denominative from חֶבֶל; i.e.

Pronunciation: kho-bale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2259

Meanings

rope-puller) (Ezekiel 27:29; Ezekiel 27:8; Ezekiel 27:27; Ezekiel 27:28; Jonah 1:6)

Same root

חָבַלchâbal · H2254to 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)

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

Ezekiel 27:8 Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad; your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.
Ezekiel 27:27 Everything is lost— your riches and wares, your sailors and pilots, your ship builders, merchants, and warriors. On the day of your ruin, everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.
Ezekiel 27:28 Your cities by the sea tremble as your pilots cry out in terror.
Ezekiel 27:29 All the oarsmen abandon their ships; the sailors and pilots stand on the shore.
Jonah 1:6 So the captain went down after him. “How can you sleep at a time like this?” he shouted. “Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).