Strong's Lexicon

H2885

H2885 — טַּבַּעַת

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

Hebrewtabba`athnoun mascOccurrences: 50TWOT: 789a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2885
Word:	טַּבַּעַת
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2883
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	50
Transliteration:	tabba`ath
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	tab-bah'-ath
Meaning:	1. (properly) a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing) 2. (hence, generally) a ring of any kind
KJV Renderings:	ring.

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טַבַּ֫עַת noun feminine signet, signet-ring, ring (on formation see Lag^{BN 88} ; Assyrian ‰imbu°u , seal-ring, Muss-Arn^l.c .) — absolute טַבַּעַת Exod 26:24 + 3 t.; construct id. Esth 3:12 + 3 t.; טַבַּעְתּוֺ Gen 41:42 + 2 t.; plural absolute טַבָּעוֺת Isa 3:1; Exod 28:23 טַבָּעֹת Exod 25:12 (twice in verse) + 14 t. construct טַבְּעוֺת Exod 28:23 + 2 t.; טַבְּעֹת Exod 25:12 + 12 t.; suffix טַבְּעֹתָ֯ו Exod 28:28; Exod 39:21 טַבְּעֹתֵיהֶם Exod 26:29 טַבְּעֹתָם Exod 36:34 —

1. signet-ring, of king, taken from his hand and given as token of authority Gen 41:42 ( E ), Esth 3:10; Esth 8:2 used in sealing official missives Esth 3:12; Esth 8:8 (twice in verse); Esth 8:10 (verb חָתַם).

2. ring, as ornament Isa 3:21 as gift for sacred purposed Exod 35:22; Num 31:50 (both P ).

3. most often (only in Exodus) of rings for staves of ark, for curtains, for ephod, and other sacred furniture Exod 25:12 (3 t. in verse) + 35 t. in Exodus (all P ).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

טבעת (tab-bah'-zath)

Genesis 41:42

KJV: And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;fine…: or, silk

EHCC: Pharaoh took off his ring

Exodus 25:12

KJV: And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

EHCC: thou shalt cast four rings of gold

Exodus 26:24

KJV: And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.coupled: Heb. twinned

EHCC: above the head of it unto one ring:

Exodus 27:4

KJV: And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

EHCC: make four brasen rings

Exodus 28:23

KJV: And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

EHCC: upon the breastplate two rings

Exodus 80:4

EHCC: two golden rings shalt thou make

Exodus 85:22

EHCC: bracelets, and earrings, and rings,

Exodus 96:29

EHCC: the head thereof, to one ring:

Exodus 87:3

EHCC: 18. he cast for it four rings of golds

Exodus 38:5

KJV: And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.

EHCC: he cast four rings for the four ends

Exodus 89:16

EHCC: ouches (of) gold, and two gold rings, an

Numbers 31:50

KJV: We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.gotten: Heb. found

EHCC: chains, and bracelets, rings,

Esther 3:10

KJV: And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.enemy: or, oppressor

EHCC: the king took Ais ring from his hand,

Esther 8:2

KJV: And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

EHCC: the king took off his ring,

Esther 8:8

KJV: Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.

EHCC: sealed with the king's ri

Isaiah 3:21

KJV: The rings, and nose jewels,

EHCC: The rings, and nove jewels, 1