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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 raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; on them he has set the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 - The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of breath from 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 is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:13 - Who appointed him over the earth? Who put him in charge of the whole world?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12 - At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8 - He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 - The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 - Yet their voice[fn] goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched 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 the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:8 - Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12 - If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18 - Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 - The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2 - Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 93:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1 - The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength; indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10 - Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.” The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:13 - Let all creation rejoice before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:4 - His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7 - Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:9 - let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26 - before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 - rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 - the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:21 - Prepare a place to slaughter his children for the sins of their ancestors; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:3 - All you people of the world, you who live on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it, and when a trumpet sounds, you will hear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:9 - My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:18 - We were with child, we writhed in labor, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and the people of the world have not come to life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:6 - In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:1 - Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:15 - “He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and 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 did not believe, nor did any of the peoples of the world, that enemies and foes could enter 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 away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.
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