Strong's Lexicon

H8428

H8428 — תָּוָה

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

HebrewtavahverbOccurrences: 1TWOT: 2497

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H8428
Word:	תָּוָה
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root (or perhaps ident. with H8427 through a similar idea from scraping to pieces)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	tavah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	taw-vaw'
Meaning:	1. to grieve
KJV Renderings:	limit (by confusion with H8427).

Use Strong's responsibly

Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.

Read: Using Strong's Responsibly

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9122

II. [תָּוָה] verb

Hiph`il probably pain, wound (figurative) (Aramaic [untranscribed source text 5798] (often), תְּוָא (rare) תְּהָא ᵑ7 ^j , all repent); — Perfect 3 plural הַתְווּ ׳ וּקְדוֺשׁ יִשׂ Ps 78:41 (|| וַיְנַסּוּ) the Holy OnE of Israel they painEd ( ᵐ5 παρώξυναν).

Other Resources

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