חַבּוּרָה
chabbûwrâh · H2250 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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wound, bruise
Area of physical damage on the body; caused by sickness or aggression; sometimes used in a figurative sense to refer to difficult circumstances
ExamplesGenesis 4:23 Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Pay attention to my words, For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me!
Exodus 21:25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
Psalm 38:5 My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my foolishness.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- יmy 2
- פֶּצַעbruise 1
- הוּhis 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מָקַקto waste away, to rot 1
- תַּמְרוּקmassage with cosmetics 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בin/on/with 2
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 1
- לto/for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- פֶּצַע petsaʻ · H6482 · bruise, wound
- פֶּצַע denotes a wound or bruise and is frequently paired with חַבּוּרָה in hendiadys (e.g., Isaiah 1:6; Proverbs 20:30). Both refer to physical injuries from blows, though פֶּצַע can emphasize the wound itself while חַבּוּרָה often stresses the discoloration/bruising.
- מַכָּה makkâh · H4347 · stroke, lash, stripe
- מַכָּה is a common Hebrew term for a blow, stroke, or wound. It overlaps semantically with חַבּוּרָה in contexts of physical injury, though מַכָּה has broader usage including plagues and defeats, whereas חַבּוּרָה specifically denotes the bruise or welt from a blow.
Contrasting words 2 words
- מַרְפֵּא marpêʼ · H4832 · healing, to heal, to restore
- מַרְפֵּא denotes healing or restoration of health, the lexical opposite of חַבּוּרָה (wound/bruise). This is a standard injury/healing antonymy attested in biblical usage where wounds contrast with their cure.
- רְפֻאָה rᵉphuʼâh · H7499 · healing
- רְפוּאָה is another Hebrew term for healing or restoration, standing in lexical opposition to חַבּוּרָה as the remedy contrasts with the injury. Both מַרְפֵּא and רְפוּאָה are standard antonyms to wound terminology.
In the other Testament 1 word
- πληγή plēgḗ · G4127 · to hit, to strike, to beat
- πληγή is a broader Greek term for a blow, stroke, or wound that can translate חַבּוּרָה in contexts emphasizing the act of striking or its result. Commonly used in LXX and NT for wounds and stripes from beating.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Impact002001001024
- חַבּוּרָה denotes a bruise, stripe, or wound, the physical mark left by a blow, as the law prescribes wound for wound and bruise for bruise.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2250. chabburah חַבּוּרָה, [חֲבֻרָה חַבֻּרָה,] noun feminine stripe, blow; — absolute…
חַבּוּרָה, [חֲבֻרָה חַבֻּרָה,]
noun feminine stripe, blow; — absolute ׳הַבּ Isa 1:6 Isa 1:2t.; suffix חַבֻּרָתִי Gen 4:23; חֲבֻרָתוֺ Isa 53:5; plural construct חַבֻּרוֺת Pro 20:30; suffix חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י Psa 38:6: — stripe, blow, stroke, Gen 4:23 my blow, i.e. for striking me (J), compare Exo 21:25 (twice in verse) (JE), also of injury to land of Judah (under figure of human body) Isa 1:6 (all || מֶּצַע, see below); of blows (singular collective) inflicted on suffering servant of ׳י Isa 53:5; (plural) Psa 38:6, מֶּצַע חַבֻּרוֺת Pro 20:30, i.e. blows that cut in (|| מַכּוֺת).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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