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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Cords

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

26exact KJV occurrences 25Old Testament 1New Testament 12books containing the word 4mapped Strong's IDs 26occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Exodus 35:18

The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

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LAST OCCURRENCE

John 2:15

And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where cords appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH2256
חֶבֶל

chebel · kheh'-bel

12 times translated as this KJV form60 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin

Strong's KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

Strong's first: Esther 1:6Strong's last: Hosea 11:4

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HebrewH4340
מֵיתָר

mêythâr · may-thar'

8 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a cord (of a tent); or the string (of a bow)

Strong's KJV usage: cord, string.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Exodus 35:18Strong's last: Jeremiah 10:20

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GreekG4979
σχοινίον

schoiníon · skhoy-nee'-on

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

of uncertain derivation); a rushlet, i.e. grass-withe or tie (generally)

Strong's KJV usage: :--small cord, rope.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: John 2:15Strong's last: John 2:15

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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26 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Exodus 35:18
H4340

The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

Exodus 39:40
H4340

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

Numbers 3:26
H4340

And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

Numbers 3:37
H4340

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

Numbers 4:26
H4340

And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

Numbers 4:32
H4340

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

Judges 15:13
H5688

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.

Judges 15:14
H5688

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.

Esther 1:6
H2256

Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

Job 36:8
H2256

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

Psalms 2:3
H5688

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Psalms 118:27
H5688

God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

Psalms 129:4
H5688

The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Psalms 140:5
H2256

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 5:22
H2256

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Isaiah 5:18
H2256

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

Isaiah 33:20
H2256

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

Isaiah 54:2
H4340

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

Jeremiah 10:20
H4340

My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

Jeremiah 38:6
H2256

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

Jeremiah 38:11
H2256

So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 38:12
H2256

And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

Jeremiah 38:13
H2256

So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Ezekiel 27:24
H2256

These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

Hosea 11:4
H2256

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.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

cord

CORD, noun [Latin Gr. According to the Welsh, this word signifies a twist, from cor, the root of chorus.]

1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together. Rahab let down the spies by a cord through the window. Joshua 2:15.

2. A quantity of wood, or other material, originally measured with a cord or line. The cord is a pile containing 128 cubic feet; or a pile eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad.

3. In scripture, the cords of the wicked are the snares with which they catch the unwary. Psalms 129:4.

The cords of sin are bad habits, or the consequences of sin. Proverbs 5:22.

The cords of a man are the fair, gentle or natural means of alluring men to obedience. Hosea 11.

The cords of vanity are worldly vanities and pleasures, profit or preferment; or vain and deceitful arguments and pretenses, which draw men to sin. Isaiah 5:18.

To stretch a line or cord about a city, is to level it, or utterly to destroy it. Lamentations 2:1.

The cords of a tent denote stability. To loosen or break the cords, is to weaken or destroy; to lengthen the cords, is to enlarge. Job 30:11. Isaiah 5:184. Jeremiah 10:20.

CORD, verb transitive

1. To bind with a cord or rope; to fasten with cords.

2. To pile wood or other material for measurement and sale by the cord

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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