סְחָבָהçᵉchâbâh

rag, clout, stuff pulled or dragged about (Jeremiah 38:11; Jeremiah 38:12)

Pronunciation: seh-khaw-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5499

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Jeremiah 38:11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to a room in the palace beneath the treasury, where he found some old rags and discarded clothing. He carried these to the cistern and lowered them to Jeremiah on a rope.
  • Jeremiah 38:12 Ebed-melech called down to Jeremiah, “Put these rags under your armpits to protect you from the ropes.” Then when Jeremiah was ready,

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).