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Lexicon :: Strong's H8401 - teḇen

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תֶּבֶן
Transliteration
teḇen
Pronunciation
teh'-ben
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from בָּנָה (H1129)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2493

Strong’s Definitions

תֶּבֶן teben, teh'-ben; probably from H1129; properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder):—chaff, straw, stubble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H8401 in the following manner: straw (15x), stubble (1x), chaff (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H8401 in the following manner: straw (15x), stubble (1x), chaff (1x).

  1. straw, stubble

    1. as building material

    2. as fodder for livestock

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תֶּבֶן teben, teh'-ben; probably from H1129; properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder):—chaff, straw, stubble.
STRONGS H8401: Abbreviations
† תֶּ֫בֶן noun masculineExodus 5:16 straw (√ unknown; Ges and others compare בנה (compare Thes1492), but see LagBN 138; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian tibnu; Aramaic תִּיבְנָא, bdb106104, whence Arabic bdb106105 as loan-word Frä124); — absolute ת׳ Genesis 24:25 +, תֶּ֑בֶן Exodus 5:10 +; — straw, i.e. straw threshed fine: chaff Jeremiah 23:28 (opposed to בָּר), blown by wind Job 21:28 (in simile; || מֹץ), yielding Job 41:19 (simile); food for camels Genesis 24:25, 32 (J), asses Judges 19:19 (all + מִסְפּוֹא), בָּקָר Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 65:25, horses 1 Kings 5:8 (+ שְׂעֹרִים); mixed with clay in brick-making Exodus 5:7 (twice in verse); Exodus 5:10, 11, 12 (opposed to קַשׂ), Exodus 5:13; Exodus 5:16; Exodus 5:18 (J); — see further VogelstLandwirthsch. 67.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:25; 24:25; 24:32

Exodus

5:7; 5:10; 5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 5:16; 5:16; 5:18

Judges

19:19

1 Kings

5:8

Job

21:28; 41:19

Isaiah

11:7; 65:25

Jeremiah

23:28

H8401

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8401 matches the Hebrew תֶּבֶן (teḇen),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - She said moreover unto him, We have both straw H8401 and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw H8401 and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - Ye shall no more give the people straw H8401 to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw H8401 for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. H8401

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go ye, get you straw H8401 where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. H8401

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. H8401

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - There is no straw H8401 given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw H8401 be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - Yet there is both straw H8401 and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:28 - Barley also and straw H8401 for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - They are as stubble H8401 before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 - He esteemeth iron as straw, H8401 and brass as rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw H8401 like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw H8401 like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff H8401 to the wheat? saith the LORD.
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