חָבַר chavar

Hebrew word for “to unite” · Strong’s H2266 · used 29 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

1) to unite, join, bind together, be joined, be coupled, be in league, heap up, have fellowship with, be compact, be a charmer;

How it is translated

Glosses given for chavar in context, with how often each is used:

• joined 9
• will join 3
• joined together 2
• one who casts 2
• made an alliance 2
• touching 2
• will be joined 1
• will be joined together 1
• join together 1
• allied himself 1
• making alliance 1
• will make join 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 26 (4), Exodus 36 (4), 2 Chronicles 20 (3), Ezekiel 1 (2), Daniel 11 (2), Genesis 14 (1), Exodus 28 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Deuteronomy 18 (1), Job 16 (1)

Forms

• חברת 5
• וחברת 3
• ויחבר 3
• וחבר 2
• חבר 2
• חברו 1
• לחבר 1
• אתחבר 1
• ויחברהו 1
• כהתחברך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chavar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יְרִיעָה yeriah “curtain” 6
• קֶרֶס qeres “clasp” 4
• חֲמִשִּׁים chamishshim “fifty” 4
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 4
• חֶבֶר chever “spell” 2
• אֶחָד echad “one” 5
• אָחוֹת achot “sister” 3
• תַּרְשִׁישׁ tarshish “Tarshish” 2
• אֳנִיָּה oniyyah “fleet” 2
• קָצָה qatsah “end” 2
• אֲחַזְיָהוּ achazyah “Ahaziah” 2
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 3

Key verses

The verses using chavar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 14:3 — All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
• Exodus 26:3 — The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
• Exodus 26:6 — And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
• Exodus 36:10 — And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
• 2 Chronicles 20:36 — And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
• 2 Chronicles 20:37 — Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy…
• Job 16:4 — I also could speak as ye if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
• Psalms 94:20 — Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
• Psalms 122:3 — Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
• Ezekiel 1:9 — Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
• Daniel 11:6 — And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but…
• Hosea 4:17 — Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.