עֲבֹתʻăbôth
(twisted) cord, rope; cordage; interwoven foliage (?)
Pronunciation: ab-oth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5688
Meanings
1. cord, rope: a. as fetter, Judg 15:13; Judg 15:14; Judg 16:11; Judg 16:12; Ezek 3:25; Ezek 4:8; Job 39:10 (of wild ox), so also probably Ps 118:27 bind the festal victim (חַג) with cords Ew Ol De Hup-Now Dr and others; > with branches Che, compare Bae Du; figurative of authority Ps 2:3 (|| מוֺסְרוֺתֵימוֺ), Ps 129:4. b. עֲבוֺת הָעֲגָלָה Isa 5:18 i.e. with which a cart is drawn (in simile; || חַבְלֵי הַשָּׁוְא); figurativeעֲבֹתוֺת אַהֲבָה Hos 11:4 with the cords of love, of ׳ י's drawing Israel (|| חַבְלֵי אָדָם). c. cordage, cord, of (twisted) golden chains on high priest's breast-piece (all P): מַעֲשֵׂה עֲבֹת, cordage-work Exod 28:14; Exod 28:22; Exod 39:15 שַׁרְשְׁרֹת הָעֲבֹתֹת Exod 28:14 the chains of cords (cordlike chains); שְׁתֵּי (הָ)עֲבֹתֹת the two cords Exod 28:24 Exod 28:25; Exod 39:17; Exod 39:18.
a. bind the festal victim, with cords (Judges 15:13; Judges 15:14; Judges 16:11)
b. with the cords of love (Isaiah 5:18; Hosea 11:4)
c. cordage, cord (Exodus 28:14; Exodus 28:22; Exodus 39:15)
2. interwoven foliage (?) (Ezekiel 19:11; Ezekiel 31:3; Ezekiel 31:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 28:14 then braid two cords of pure gold and attach them to the filigree settings on the shoulders of the ephod.
- Exodus 28:22 “To attach the chestpiece to the ephod, make braided cords of pure gold thread.
- Exodus 28:24 Tie the two gold cords to the two rings on the chestpiece.
- Exodus 28:25 Tie the other ends of the cords to the gold settings on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod.
- Exodus 39:15 To attach the chestpiece to the ephod, they made braided cords of pure gold thread.
- Exodus 39:17 They tied the two gold cords to the rings on the chestpiece.
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).