Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(cord), one of the singular topographical terms in which the ancient Hebrew language abounded. We find it always attached to the region of Argob.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
CHE'BEL (cord),a Hebrew topographical term, Josh 2:15; 1 Sam 10:5; Ps 16:6; usually applied to the Argob. Deut 3:4, Deut 3:13-14; 1 Kgs 4:13. See under Bashan.