Strong's Lexicon

H2876

H2876 — טַּבָּח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewtabbachnoun mascOccurrences: 32TWOT: 786c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2876
Word:	טַּבָּח
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2873
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	32
Transliteration:	tabbach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	tab-bawkh'
Meaning:	1. (properly) a butcher 2. (hence) a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner) 3. also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
KJV Renderings:	cook, guard.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3283

טַבָּח noun masculine^{1Sam 9:23}

1. cook,

2. guardsman;

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1. cook (who also killed the animal for food and served it) טַבָּח absolute 1Sam 9:23; 1Sam 9:24 .

2. elsewhere only plural טַבָּחִים guardsmen, bodyguard (originally royal slaughterers; see RS^{OTJC 426} (262); Semitic i. 1st ed., 396); always in the following combinations: ׳ שַׂר הַטּ captain of Pharaoh's bodyguard Gen 37:36; Gen 39:1 (both J ), Gen 40:3 ; Gen 40:4; Gen 41:10; Gen 41:12 (all E ); ׳ רַבטֿ chief of Nebuchadrezzar's bodyguard 2Kgs 25:8; 2Kgs 25:10; 2Kgs 25:11; 2Kgs 25:12; 2Kgs 25:15; 2Kgs 25:18; 2Kgs 25:20; Jer 39:9 + 16 t. Jeremiah (hence Aramaic רַב טַבָּחַיָּא Dan 2:14).

BDB9555

[טַבָּח] noun masculine guardsman (see Biblical Hebrew id.; √ טבח); — plural emphatic טַבָּחַיָא Dan 2:14.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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