Lexical Definition

‎עֲבֹת‎ ʻăbôth (ab-oth') cord ^H:N
or עֲבוֹת ʻăbôwth (ab-oth'); or (feminine) עֲבֹתָה ʻăbôthâh (ab-oth-aw'); the same as ‎עָבֹת‎

band, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).

• something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage

1) cord, rope, cordage, foliage, interwoven foliage
1a) cord, rope, cordage, chain
1b) interwoven foliage

See Greek: δεσμόν · ζυγός · ἱμάς · ἱμάτιον · νεφέλη · πλέκω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲבֹת‎ noun masculine^{Judg 15:13}+ and feminine^{Judg 15:14} + (twisted) cord, rope; cordage; interwoven foliage (?); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Exod 28:14 + 2 t.; construct ‎עֲבוֺת‎ Isa 5:18; Ps 129:4 suffix 3 masculine singular ‎עֲבֹתוֺ‎ Job 39:10, 3 masculine plural ‎עֲבֹתֵ֑ימוֺ‎ Ps 2:3 plural ‎עֲבֹּתִים‎ Judg 15:13 +, ‎עֲבֹתֹת‎ +, Exod 28:14 +, etc.; —

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 vExod 28:24 vExod 28:25; Exod 39:17; Exod 39:18.

2. interwoven foliage (?) in phrase ‎(עַלֿ)בֵּין עֲבֹתִים‎ of top of a vine Ezek 19:11 (clouds Ew Hi-Sm Toy, read then ‎עָבוֺת‎); of cedar, Ezek 31:3; Ezek 31:10; Ezek 31:14, but in these certainly clouds, so ᵐ5 Ew Hi-Sm Co and others

‎עֹג‎ see ‎עוֺג‎

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