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Lexicon :: Strong's H8398 - tēḇēl

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תֵּבֵל
Transliteration
tēḇēl
Pronunciation
tay-bale'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 835h

Strong’s Definitions

תֵּבֵל têbêl, tay-bale'; from H2986; the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine:—habitable part, world.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H8398 in the following manner: world (35x), habitable part (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H8398 in the following manner: world (35x), habitable part (1x).

  1. world

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תֵּבֵל têbêl, tay-bale'; from H2986; the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine:—habitable part, world.
STRONGS H8398: Abbreviations
† תֵּבֵל noun feminineNahum 1:5 (apparently masculine Isaiah 14:17) world, poetic synonym of אֶרֶץ (perhaps originally as productive, compare יְבוּל, בּוּל, but this sense not clearly maintained; compare also Assyrian tabalu in êlî tabali, by land, || êlî nâru, by water (river) MeissnZA 1889, iv. 3, 261, 263, 265 f. SASmAssyrian Letters iv. plate viii. ix, 1. 33) — usually absolute ת׳ (no article), construct Job 37:12; Proverbs 8:31; world, usually || ׃אֶרֶץ 1 Samuel 2:8 (י׳ set ת׳ on מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ), Isaiah 14:21; Isaiah 24:4; Isaiah 34:1; Jeremiah 10:12 = Jeremiah 51:15, 1 Chronicles 16:30 (= Psalm 96:10 below) Job 34:13; Psalm 19:5; Psalm 77:19 = Psalm 97:4; Psalm 90:2; Psalm 96:13 (+ עַמִּים), Psalm 98:9 (+ id.); וְישְׁבֵי ת׳ בָהּ Nahum 1:5; Psalm 24:1; ישְׁבֵי ת׳ Psalm 33:8; Isaiah 18:3 (|| שֹׁכְנֵי ארץ), Isaiah 26:9, 18; Lamentations 4:12; וּמְלֹאָהּ ת׳ Psa 89:12 [Psalm 89:11] (+ שָׁמַיִם, compare ארץ ומלאה Psalm 24:1); אָ֑רְצָה ת׳ צַל־פְּנֵי Job 37:12 upon the face of the world of earth (earthly world, the whole expanse of earth); אַרְצוֺ בְּת׳ Proverbs 8:31; on the other hand עַפְרוֺת ת׳ Proverbs 8:26; ת׳ alone Job 18:18; other combinations וּמְלֹאָהּ ת׳ Psalm 50:12 (compare Psalm 89:12 above); פְּנֵי־ת׳ Isaiah 27:6 (compare Job 37:12 above); מֹסְדוֺת ת׳ 2 Samuel 22:16 foundations of the world = Psalm 18:16, compare תִּכּוֺן ת׳ Psalm 93:1; Psalm 96:10 (= 1 Chronicles 16:30); world as object of י׳'s judgment 1 Chronicles 9:9 (|| לְאֻמִּים; see also Psalm 96:13 above), compare וישׁבי בה ת׳ 1 Chronicles 98:7 (|| יַם), Isaiah 13:11 (|| רשׁעים); as devastated by Babylonian conqueror Isaiah 14:17 (|| עָרָיו).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

2:8

2 Samuel

22:16

1 Chronicles

9:9; 16:30; 16:30

Job

18:18; 34:13; 37:12; 37:12; 37:12

Psalms

18:16; 19:5; 24:1; 24:1; 33:8; 50:12; 77:19; 89:11; 89:12; 90:2; 93:1; 96:10; 96:10; 96:13; 96:13; 97:4; 98:9

Proverbs

8:26; 8:31; 8:31

Isaiah

13:11; 14:17; 14:17; 14:21; 18:3; 24:4; 26:9; 26:18; 27:6; 34:1

Jeremiah

10:12; 51:15

Lamentations

4:12

Nahum

1:5; 1:5

H8398

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Strong's Number H8398 matches the Hebrew תֵּבֵל (tēḇēl),
which occurs 36 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set him among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 - And the beds of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:30 - Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established, it shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:13 - Who hath entrusted to him the earth? and who hath disposed the whole world?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12 - And they are turned every way by his guidance, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the circuit of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8 - And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 - And the beds of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their language to the extremity of the world. In them hath he set a tent for the sun,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:1 - {Of David. A Psalm.} The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:8 - Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12 - If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18 - The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 - Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast founded them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2 - Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 93:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1 - Jehovah reigneth, he hath clothed himself with majesty: Jehovah hath clothed himself, he hath girded himself with strength; yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10 - Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth! yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved; he will execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:13 - Before Jehovah, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:4 - His lightnings lightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7 - Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:9 - Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26 - while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 - rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 - that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that dismissed not his prisoners homewards?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:21 - Prepare ye slaughter for his children, because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:3 - All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, see ye, and when a trumpet is blown, hear ye!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:9 - With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:18 - We have been with child, we have been in travail, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought the deliverance of the land, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:6 - In the future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:1 - Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and all its fulness; the world, and all that cometh forth of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:15 - He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:12 - The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:5 - The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.
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