Avot עֲבֹת

Avot (Hebrew עֲבֹת, Strong's H5688) is a Hebrew noun meaning “cord”. It occurs 24 times in 23 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Avot, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 28:14
  And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
• Exodus 28:22
  And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.
• Exodus 28:24
  And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.Then fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
• Exodus 28:25
  And 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.and fasten the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.
• Exodus 39:15
  And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.
• Exodus 39:17
  And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
• Exodus 39:18
  And 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.and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

Judges

• Judges 15:13
  And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.“No,” they answered, “we will not kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.
• Judges 15:14
  And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
• Judges 16:11
  And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
• Judges 16:12
  Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.

Job

• Job 39:10
  Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Psalms

• Psalm 2:3
  Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”
• Psalm 118:27
  God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
• Psalm 129:4
  The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 5:18
  Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 3:25
  But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.
• Ezekiel 4:8
  And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.
• Ezekiel 19:11
  And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.
• Ezekiel 31:3
  Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
• Ezekiel 31:10
  Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
• Ezekiel 31:14
  To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’

Hosea

• Hosea 11:4
  I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).