Rope
King James Dictionary [1]
ROPE, n.
1. A large string or line composed of several strands twisted together. It differs from cord, line and string, only in its size being the name given to all sorts of cordage above an inch in circumference. Indeed the smaller ropes, when used for certain purposes, are called lines.
Ropes are by seamen ranked under two descriptions, cable-laid, and hawser-laid the former composed of nine strands, or three great strands, each consisting of three small ones the latter made with three strands, each composed of a certain number of rope-yarns.
2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united as a rope of onions. 3. Ropes, the intestines of birds.
Rope of sand, proverbially, feeble union or tie a band easily broken.
ROPE, To draw out or extend into a filament or thread, by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. Any glutinous substance will rope considerably before it will part.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
a diminutive of schoinos, "a rush," is used of the small cords of which Christ made a scourge, John 2:15; of the "ropes" of a boat, Acts 27:32 . See Cord.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. t.) To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.
(2): ( v. t.) To examine; to test; to sound.
(3): ( v. i.) To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.
(4): ( v. i.) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [4]
Isaiah 5:18 (b) This is emblematic of schemes and plans which are made to evil purposes and to assist one in committing sins.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]
ROPE . See Cord.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
rōp : Used in the Old Testament for חבל , ḥebhel , "that which binds" ( 2 Samuel 17:13 , etc.), and for עבת , ‛ăbhōth , "that which is woven" ( Judges 15:13 , etc.). In neither word is any specified thickness or strength connoted, and ḥebhel is translated equally well by "line" ( 2 Samuel 8:2 , etc.) or "cord" ( Joshua 2:15 , etc.), and ‛ăbhōth by "cord" ( Psalm 118:27 , etc.), as best suits the context. Similarly in the New Testament the word σχοινίον , schoinı́on , literally, "made of rushes" can mean the rope by which a boat is fastened ( Acts 27:32 ) or small cords suitable for a whip ( John 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.
