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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 32 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 - Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:3 - and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:4 - The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. They continued for some time in custody.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:10 - When Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each man according to his dream.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:23 - And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Put it aside.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:24 - So the cook took up the leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, “See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests.”[fn] So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:8 - In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:10 - And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11 - And the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12 - But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:15 - the fire pans also and the bowls. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:18 - And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:20 - And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:9 - Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried into exile to Babylon the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the people who remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:10 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:11 - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:13 - So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in chains along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:2 - The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God pronounced this disaster against this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - If you remain,[fn] then return to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed governor of the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people. Or go wherever you think it right to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present, and let him go.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - the men, the women, the children, the princesses, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:12 - In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14 - And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:15 - And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poorest of the people and the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the artisans.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:16 - But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:19 - also the small bowls and the fire pans and the basins and the pots and the lampstands and the dishes for incense and the bowls for drink offerings. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:24 - And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:26 - And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Judeans 745 persons; all the persons were 4,600.
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