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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - And she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw H8401 and feed, and a place to lodge in.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - So the man came into the house. Then [fn]Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw H8401 and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You are no longer to give the people straw H8401 to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw H8401 for themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 -

So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I am not going to give you any straw H8401.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - ‘You go and get straw H8401 for yourselves wherever you can find it, but no amount of your slave labor will be reduced.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw H8401.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters were pressing them, saying, “Complete your [fn]work quota, [fn]the daily amount, just as when there was straw H8401.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - “There is no straw H8401 given to your slaves, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your slaves are being beaten; but it is the [fn]sin of your own people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - “So now, go and labor; but straw H8401 will not be given to you, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “Yet there is both straw H8401 and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, [fn]your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:28 - They also brought barley and straw H8401 for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to the legal judgment for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 -

“Are they as straw H8401 before the wind,

And like chaff which the storm steals away?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 -

“It regards iron as straw H8401,

Bronze as rotten wood.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 -

Also the cow and the bear will graze,

Their young will lie down together,

And the lion will eat straw H8401 like the ox.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw H8401 like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,” says Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - “The prophet who has a dream may recount his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw H8401 have in common with grain?” declares Yahweh.
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