Strong's Lexicon

H892

H892 — בָּבָה

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

Hebrewbabahnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 196

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H892
Word:בָּבָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine active participle of an unused root meaning to hollow out
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:babah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-baw'
Meaning:1. something hollowed (as a gate) 2. pupil of the eye
KJV Renderings:apple (of the eye).

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BDB897

[בָּבָה] noun feminine only בָּבַת עֵינוֺ Zech 2:12 the apple of his eye (Aramaic [untranscribed source text 495]; בָּבָא gate ᵑ7 Esth 5:14 Thes below נבב to which Ges gives sense perforate, hence opening of eye; but compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 496] [untranscribed source text 497] pupil of eye, perhaps = [untranscribed source text 498] Dozy49 babe, baby, bébé (imitating infant's prattle) i.e. child of the eye; see Hi St, Fl in ChWBi. 419 b; compare אישׁוֺן ?).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בבה (buh-vah’)

Zechariah 2:8

KJV: For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
EHCC: (12).toucheth the apple of his eye.

1 Samuel 14:39

KJV: For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
EHCC: he said, Fe have .

Job 6:15

KJV: My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
EHCC: My brethren Aave dealt deceit fully

Psalms 73:15

KJV: If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
EHCC: 7 should offend (against) the

Isaiah 24:16

KJV: From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.uttermost…: Heb. wingMy leanness: Heb. Leanness to me, or, My secret to me
EHCC: have dealt treacherously ,

Jeremiah 8:20

KJV: The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
EHCC: a wife treacherously departeth |

Jeremiah 12:6

KJV: For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.they have called…: or, they cried after thee fullyfair…: Heb. good things
EHCC: they have fier basertien 4

Hosea 5:7

KJV: They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
EHCC: They have dealt ly

Malachi 2:11

KJV: Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.loved: or, ought to love
EHCC: Judah Aath dealt treacherously,

Exodus 21:8

KJV: If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.please…: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc
EHCC: sseing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

Psalms 78:57

KJV: But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
EHCC: and dealt unfoithfully like their fathers;

Isaiah 33:1

KJV: Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
EHCC: they shall deal treacherously with thee.

Malachi 2:10

KJV: Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
EHCC: why do we deal treacherously

Psalms 25:3

KJV: Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
EHCC: which transgress without cause.

Proverbs 2:22

KJV: But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.rooted: or, plucked up
EHCC: aad the transgressors shall be

Jeremiah 3:8

KJV: And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
EHCC: yet her treacherous sister Judah

Habakkuk 1:13

KJV: Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?iniquity: or, grievance
EHCC: upon them that deal erously,
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