Strong's Lexicon

H8392

H8392 — תֵּבָה

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

Hebrewtebahnoun femOccurrences: 28TWOT: 2492

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8392
Word:תֵּבָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:perhaps of foreign derivation
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:28
Transliteration:tebah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:tay-baw'
Meaning:1. a box
KJV Renderings:ark.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9101

תֵּבָה noun feminine ark (properly chest, box (compare Late Hebrew תֵּבָה); probably Egyptian loan-word from T-b-t , chest, coffin (Brugsch, ErmanZMG xlvi (1892), 123); > Babylonian word JenZA iv (1889), 272 f. HalJAssyr., 1888 {Nov.-Dec.}, 517); — absolute ׳ ת Gen 7:1 +; construct תֵּבַת Gen 6:14; Exod 2:3vessel in which infant Moses was laid among reeds Exod 2:3 (made of papyrus, גֹּמֶא), Exod 2:5 (both E ; ᵐ5 θῖβις, θήβη, compare LewyFremdw. 100); vessel which saved Noah and his family, with animals, during flood ( ᵐ5 κιβωτός): Gen 7:1 ; Gen 7:7; Gen 7:9; Gen 7:17; Gen 7:23; Gen 8:6; Gen 8:9 (twice in verse); Gen 8:10; Gen 8:13; Gen 9:18 (all J ), Gen 6:14 (made of עֲצֵי נֹפֶר), Gen 6:14 Gen 6:15 Gen 6:16 Gen 6:16 Gen 6:18 Gen 6:19; Gen 7:13; Gen 7:15; Gen 7:18; Gen 8:1; Gen 8:4; Gen 8:16; Gen 8:19; Gen 9:10 (all P ).


תְּבוּאָה see בוא. תְּבוּנָה, תְּבוּנָם see בין.


תובנתו see בין . תְּבוּסָה see בוס .


Other Resources

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

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