חָבַל (ḥābal) is a Hebrew verb meaning act (ruinously) corruptly. It appears 27 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2254).

Also rendered

• travail
• bind
• to pledge

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 593)

Root family 593: חָבַל ḥābal — II, lay to pledge, take a pledge of, withhold. (ASV and RSV similar but do not use “withhold”). The verb, as used in the ot, means “to hold as pledge or security.” It is used only in the Qal (eight times) and possibly in the Niphal (Prov 13:13)

• חֲבֹל ḥăbōlâ — pledge

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