Lexical Definition

‎חַבּוּרָה‎ chabbûwrâh (khab-boo-raw') wound ^H:N-F
or חַבֻּרָה chabburâh (khab-boo-raw'); or חֲבֻרָה chăburâh (khab-oo-raw'); from ‎חָבַר‎

blueness, bruise, hurt, stripe, wound.

• properly, bound (with stripes), i.e. a weal (or black-and-blue mark itself)

1) bruise, stripe, wound, blow

See Greek: μώλωψ

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: cha.vu.lah (‎ח‎ֲ‎בו‎ּ‎ל‎ָ‎א‎ "crime" חֲבוּלָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חַבּוּרָה‎, [‎חַבֻּרָה‎, ‎חֲבֻרָה‎] noun feminine stripe, blow; — absolute ‎׳‎‎הַבּ‎ Isa 1:6 + 2 t.; suffix ‎חַבֻּרָתִי‎ Gen 4:23 ‎חֲבֻרָתוֺ‎ Isa 53:5 plural construct ‎חַבֻּרוֺת‎ Prov 20:30 suffix ‎חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י‎ Ps 38:6*: — stripe, blow, stroke, Gen 4:23 my blow, i.e. for striking me (J), compare Exod 21:25 (twice in verse) (JE), also of injury to land of Judah (under figure of human body) Isa 1:6 (all || ‎פֶּצַע‎, see below); of blows (singular collective) inflicted on suffering servant of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 53:5 (plural) Ps 38:6*, ‎חַבֻּרוֺת פֶּצַע‎ Prov 20:30, i.e. blows that cut in (|| ‎מַכּוֺת‎).

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