Meaning of ROPES

The Hebrew language has many words to designate the different kinds of ropes, cords and cords, according to their different uses or the materials from which they were made, which were: linen, palm fiber, camel or goat hair, reed, leather, etc.

They were generally made by simple twisting, and braided ropes were considered luxury goods (Ez. 27:24).

The most used term that designates the rope itself is "hébel"; It is used to move weights, fix tents to the ground, suspend curtains, tie animals and prisoners, etc. (Josh. 2:15; Isa. 33:20, 23; Jb. 40:25; Est. 1:6). It also designates the rope with which great dimensions were measured, and from there it became synonymous with land, property and inheritance (Ps. 16:6; Zech. 2:5).

Other Hebrew words are:
"agmón", which was a reed lasso used by fishermen;
"put in": properly the bowstring; also the ropes with which the tents were raised, which was the rope used for technical uses such as measuring, directing a construction, leveling the ground, etc., which is translated into Spanish with the generic name of "measurement."

In the New Testament the same word is used to indicate the ropes of the whip with which Christ drove the merchants from the Temple, and those that supported the boats of the ship in which Paul was taken prisoner to Rome (John 2:15; Acts . 27:32).