Topic
Rope
15 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 2:15ISBE
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
- Judges 15:13ISBE
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.
- 2 Samuel 8:2ISBE
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
- 2 Samuel 17:13ISBE
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
- 1 Kings 20:31Nave Worn on the head as an emblem of servitude
¶ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy…
- 1 Kings 20:32Nave Worn on the head as an emblem of servitude
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
- Job 36:8Nave FIGURATIVE — Of affliction
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
- Psalms 118:27ISBE
God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
- Psalms 140:5Nave FIGURATIVE — Of temptations
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- Proverbs 5:22Nave FIGURATIVE — Of temptations
¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Ecclesiastes 4:12Nave Threefold
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- Hosea 11:4Nave FIGURATIVE — Of love
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.
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- Micah 2:5 Nave Used in casting lots
- John 2:15 ISBE
- Acts 27:32 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
rop: Used in the Old Testament for chebhel, "that which binds" (2Sa 17:13, etc.), and for `abhoth, "that which is woven" (Jud 15:13, etc.). In neither word is any specified thickness or strength connoted, and chebhel is translated equally well by "line" (2Sa 8:2, etc.) or "cord" (Jos 2:15, etc.), and `abhoth by "cord" (Ps 118:27, etc.), as best suits the context. Similarly in the New Testament the word schoinion, literally, "made of rushes" can mean the rope by which a boat is fastened (Ac 27:32) or small cords suitable for a whip (Joh 2:15). The usual material for ropes was certainly flax (hemp), but the Egyptians, and so possibly the Hebrews, at times made ropes of leathern thongs.
See CORD; LINE; SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 2.
Burton Scott Easton
In the topical indexes
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.