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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

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Strong's Number H2876 matches the Hebrew טַבָּח (ṭabāḥ),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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