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Lexicon :: Strong's H2876 - ṭabāḥ

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טַבָּח
Transliteration
ṭabāḥ
Pronunciation
tab-bawkh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 786c

Strong’s Definitions

טַבָּח ṭabbâch, tab-bawkh'; from H2873; properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food):—cook, guard.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H2876 in the following manner: guard (30x), cook (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H2876 in the following manner: guard (30x), cook (2x).

  1. executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman

    1. cook (who also killed the animal for food)

    2. guardsmen, bodyguard

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טַבָּח ṭabbâch, tab-bawkh'; from H2873; properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food):—cook, guard.
STRONGS H2876: Abbreviations
טַבָּח noun masculine1 Samuel 9:23 † 1. cook, 2. guardsman; —
1. cook (who also killed the animal for food and served it) טַבָּח absolute 1 Samuel 9:23, 24.†
2. elsewhere only plural טַבָּחִים guardsmen, bodyguard (originally royal slaughterers; see RSOTJC 426 (262); Semitic i. 1st ed., 396); always in the following combinations: שַׂר הַטּ׳ captain of Pharaoh's bodyguard Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1 (both J), Genesis 40:3, 4; Genesis 41:10, 12 (all E); רַבטֿ׳ chief of Nebuchadrezzar's bodyguard 2 Kings 25:8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20; Jeremiah 39:9 + 16 times Jeremiah (hence Aramaic רַב טַבָּחַיָּא Daniel 2:14).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2877.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:36; 39:1; 40:3; 40:4; 41:10; 41:12

1 Samuel

9:23; 9:23; 9:24

2 Kings

25:8; 25:10; 25:11; 25:12; 25:15; 25:18; 25:20

Jeremiah

39:9

Daniel

2:14

H2876

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2876 matches the Hebrew טַבָּח (ṭabāḥ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36

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Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guards.

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Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guards, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

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and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guards in the prison where Joseph was confined.

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The captain of the guards assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant, and they were in custody for some time.[fn]

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“Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guards.

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“Now a young Hebrew, a slave of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, he interpreted our dreams for us, and each had its own interpretation.

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