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Lexicon :: Strong's H2874 - ṭeḇaḥ

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טֶבַח
Transliteration
ṭeḇaḥ
Pronunciation
teh'-bakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 786a

Strong’s Definitions

טֶבַח ṭebach, teh'-bakh; from H2873; properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter):—× beast, slaughter, × slay, × sore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H2874 in the following manner: slaughter (9x), slay (1x), sore (1x), beast (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H2874 in the following manner: slaughter (9x), slay (1x), sore (1x), beast (1x).

  1. slaughter, slaughtering, animal

    1. slaughtering, slaughter (of animals)

    2. slaughter (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טֶבַח ṭebach, teh'-bakh; from H2873; properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter):—× beast, slaughter, × slay, × sore.
STRONGS H2874: Abbreviations
† I. טֶ֫בַח noun masculineIsaiah 34:6 slaughtering, slaughter — absolute ט׳ Genesis 43:16 + 6 times; טָ֑בַח Ezekiel 21:20 + 3 times; suffix טִבְחָהּ Proverbs 9:2; —
1. slaughtering, slaughter, of animals for food; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb after טָבַח (which see) Genesis 43:16 (J), Proverbs 9:2; יוּבָ֑ל כַּשֶּׂה לַטּ׳ Isaiah 53:7, simile of suffering servant of י׳; also Proverbs 7:22 simile of fatuousness of one following a strange woman, thoughtless of consequences; יֵרְדוּ לַטּ׳ Jeremiah 50:27 metaphor of Babylonian leaders, under figure of bullocks; so probably Jeremiah 48:15, and perhaps תִּכְרָ֑עוּ לַטּ׳ Isaiah 65:12.
2. in poetry figurative slaughter, to which the nations are given over by י׳ Isaiah 34:2, specifically of Edom Isaiah 34:6 (|| זֶבַח; see ז׳ 6); of Israel Ezekiel 21:20, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb after טָבַח Ezekiel 21:15; of Ammon Ezekiel 21:33 [Ezekiel 21:28].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:16; 43:16

Proverbs

7:22; 9:2; 9:2

Isaiah

34:2; 34:6; 34:6; 53:7; 65:12

Jeremiah

48:15; 50:27

Ezekiel

21:15; 21:20; 21:20; 21:28

H2874

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2874 matches the Hebrew טֶבַח (ṭeḇaḥ),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16 - When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my home, and slaughter an animal and make ready; for these men will dine with me at noon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:2 - She has slaughtered her meat,
She has mixed her wine,
She has also furnished her table.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2 - For the indignation of the LORD is against all nations,
And His fury against all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to the slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6 - The sword of the LORD is filled with blood,
It is made overflowing with fatness,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12 - Therefore I will number you for the sword,
And you shall all bow down to the slaughter;
Because, when I called, you did not answer;
When I spoke, you did not hear,
But did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15 - Moab is plundered and gone up from her cities;
Her chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” says the King,
Whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Slay all her bulls,
Let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them!
For their day has come, the time of their punishment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter,
Polished to flash like lightning!
Should we then make mirth?
It despises the scepter of My son,
As it does all wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,
That the heart may melt and many may stumble.
Ah! It is made bright;
It is grasped for slaughter:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,’ and say:

‘A sword, a sword is drawn,
Polished for slaughter,
For consuming, for flashing—
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