a.vot denotes cords used for fastening or binding, and in Ezekiel describes a tree's boughs.

The term most often denotes cords or cord-like items used to fasten crafted objects, restrain people or animals, or bind a sacrifice. It also appears figuratively for constraining ties and, in Ezekiel's tree imagery, for boughs among which a tree's top is set.

1. Cords for fastening and restraint · dominant

   The noun occurs for gold cord work attached to the breastpiece and ephod in Exodus 28:24 and Exodus 39:18. It also marks the material used to bind a person, a wild ox, or a sacrifice: in Judges 15:13 the APB renders the clause "they bound him with two new ropes," while Job 39:10 asks about binding the wild ox in the furrow.

   Exodus 28:24Exodus 39:18Judges 15:13Judges 16:12Job 39:10Psalm 118:27
2. Figurative cords or bonds · occasional

   In Hosea 11:4, the construct plural occurs in the clause the APB renders "With human cords I drew them, with cords of love." Isaiah 5:18 and Psalm 2:3 likewise place the term in images of drawing wrongdoing or casting away bonds and cords.

   Hosea 11:4Isaiah 5:18Psalm 129:4Psalm 2:3
3. Boughs in tree imagery · occasional

   The plural noun occurs in Ezekiel's description of elevated trees: Ezekiel 31:3 has a cedar whose top was "among the boughs" in the APB, and Ezekiel 19:11 describes height above interwoven branches and abundant boughs.

   Ezekiel 31:3Ezekiel 31:10Ezekiel 31:14Ezekiel 19:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously uses "cords," "ropes," "chains," "bonds," and "boughs" in these verses. Because it is a whole-verse translation, those renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.