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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 lifts the poor from the dust
and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
placing them in seats of honor.
For all the earth is the LORD’s,
and he has set the world in order.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 - Then at the command of the LORD,
at the blast of his breath,
the bottom of the sea could be seen,
and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:30 - Let all the earth tremble before him.
The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - They will be thrust from light into darkness,
driven from the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:13 - Did someone else put the world in his care?
Who set the whole world in place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12 - The clouds churn about at his direction.
They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8 - He will judge the world with justice
and rule the nations with fairness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 - Then at your command, O LORD,
at the blast of your breath,
the bottom of the sea could be seen,
and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 - Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world.
God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:1 - A psalm of David.

The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it.
The world and all its people belong to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:8 - Let the whole world fear the LORD,
and let everyone 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 you,
for all the world is mine and everything in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18 - Your thunder roared from the whirlwind;
the lightning lit up the world!
The earth trembled and shook.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 - The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;
everything in the world is yours—you created it all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2 - Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from beginning to end, you are God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 93:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1 - The LORD is king! He is robed in majesty.
Indeed, the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength.
The world stands firm
and cannot be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10 - Tell all the nations, “The LORD reigns!”
The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.
He will judge all peoples fairly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:13 - before the LORD, for he is coming!
He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with justice,
and the nations with his truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:4 - His lightning flashes out across 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 and everything in it shout his praise!
Let the earth and all living things join in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:9 - before the LORD.
For the LORD is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with justice,
and the nations with fairness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26 - before he had made the earth and fields
and the first handfuls of soil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 - And how happy I was with the world he created;
how I rejoiced with the human family!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - “I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil
and the wicked for their sin.
I will crush the arrogance of the proud
and humble the pride of the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 - Is this the one who destroyed the world
and made it into a wasteland?
Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities
and had no mercy on his prisoners?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:21 - Kill this man’s children!
Let them die because of their father’s sins!
They must not rise and conquer the earth,
filling the world with their cities.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:3 - All you people of the world,
everyone who lives on the earth—
when I raise my battle flag on the mountain, look!
When I blow the ram’s horn, listen!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth mourns and dries up,
and the crops waste away and wither.
Even the greatest people on earth waste away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:9 - All night long I search for you;
in the morning I earnestly seek for God.
For only when you come to judge the earth
will people learn what is right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:18 - We, too, writhe in agony,
but nothing comes of our suffering.
We have not given salvation to the earth,
nor brought life into the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:6 - The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root.
Israel will bud and blossom
and fill the whole earth with fruit!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:1 - Come here and listen, O nations of the earth.
Let the world and everything in it hear my words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - But God made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:15 - The LORD made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:12 - Not a king in all the earth—
no one in all the world—
would have believed that an enemy
could march through the gates of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:5 - In his presence the mountains quake,
and the hills melt away;
the earth trembles,
and its people are destroyed.
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