Strong's Lexicon

H8401

H8401 — תֶּבֶן

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

Hebrewtebennoun mascOccurrences: 17TWOT: 2493

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8401
Word:תֶּבֶן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:probably from H1129
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:17
Transliteration:teben
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:teh'-ben
Meaning:1. (properly) material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)
KJV Renderings:chaff, straw, stubble.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9103

תֶּ֫בֶן noun masculine Exod 5:16 straw (√ unknown; Ges and others compare בנה (compare Thes1492), but see LagBN 138; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian tibnu; Aramaic תִּיבְנָא, [untranscribed source text 5791], whence Arabic [untranscribed source text 5792] as loan-word Frä124); — absolute ׳ ת Gen 24:25 +, תֶּ֑בֶן Exod 5:10 +; — straw, i.e. straw threshed fine: chaff Jer 23:28 (opposed to בָּר), blown by wind Job 21:28 (in simile; || מֹץ), yielding Job 41:19 (simile); food for camels Gen 24:25; Gen 24:32 ( J ), asses Judg 19:19 (all + מִסְפּוֺא), בָּקָר Isa 11:7; Isa 65:25, horses 1Kgs 5:8 (+ שְׂעֹרִים); mixed with clay in brick-making Exod 5:7 (twice in verse); Exod 5:10; Exod 5:11; Exod 5:12 (opposed to קַשׂ), Exod 5:13 Exod 5:16 Exod 5:18 ( J ); — see further VogelstLandwirthsch. 67.


Other Resources

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

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