Cord
עֲבֹתStrong’s H5688avot (a-vot)
Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avot is the Hebrew word usually translated “cords”, “ropes” and “branches”. It appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament.
“And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.”
Meaning
- Cord, rope, cordage, foliage, interwoven foliagecord, rope, cordage, chain · interwoven foliage
How it's translated
- the cords 4
- ropes 4
- branches 4
- cordage 3
- with ropes 2
- cords of 1
- the ropes 1
- rope its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 7
- Ezekiel 6
- Judges 4
- Psalms 3
- Job 1
- Isaiah 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 28:22And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
- Exodus 28:24And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
- Exodus 28:25And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
- Exodus 39:15And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.
- Exodus 39:17And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
- Exodus 39:18And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
Hebrew dictionary
עֲבֹת avot · cord
1) cord, rope, cordage, foliage, interwoven foliage 1a) cord, rope, cordage, chain 1b) interwoven foliage
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cord” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CORD, noun
[Latin Gr. According to the Welsh, this word signifies a twist, from cor, the root of chorus.]
- A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together. Joshua 2:15
- A quantity of wood, or other material, originally measured with a cord or line.
- In scripture, the cords of the wicked are the snares with which they catch the unwary. Psalms 129:4
All definitions and other forms of “cord”
CORD, verb transitive
- To bind with a cord or rope; to fasten with cords.
- To pile wood or other material for measurement and sale by the cord
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.