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Lexicon :: Strong's H8401 - teḇen

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תֶּבֶן
Transliteration
teḇen
Pronunciation
teh'-ben
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from בָּנָה (H1129)
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TWOT Reference: 2493

Strong’s Definitions

תֶּבֶן teben, teh'-ben; probably from H1129; properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder):—chaff, straw, stubble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H8401 in the following manner: straw (15x), stubble (1x), chaff (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H8401 in the following manner: straw (15x), stubble (1x), chaff (1x).

  1. straw, stubble

    1. as building material

    2. as fodder for livestock

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תֶּבֶן teben, teh'-ben; probably from H1129; properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder):—chaff, straw, stubble.
STRONGS H8401: Abbreviations
† תֶּ֫בֶן noun masculineExodus 5:16 straw (√ unknown; Ges and others compare בנה (compare Thes1492), but see LagBN 138; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian tibnu; Aramaic תִּיבְנָא, bdb106104, whence Arabic bdb106105 as loan-word Frä124); — absolute ת׳ Genesis 24:25 +, תֶּ֑בֶן Exodus 5:10 +; — straw, i.e. straw threshed fine: chaff Jeremiah 23:28 (opposed to בָּר), blown by wind Job 21:28 (in simile; || מֹץ), yielding Job 41:19 (simile); food for camels Genesis 24:25, 32 (J), asses Judges 19:19 (all + מִסְפּוֹא), בָּקָר Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 65:25, horses 1 Kings 5:8 (+ שְׂעֹרִים); mixed with clay in brick-making Exodus 5:7 (twice in verse); Exodus 5:10, 11, 12 (opposed to קַשׂ), Exodus 5:13; Exodus 5:16; Exodus 5:18 (J); — see further VogelstLandwirthsch. 67.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:25; 24:25; 24:32

Exodus

5:7; 5:10; 5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 5:16; 5:16; 5:18

Judges

19:19

1 Kings

5:8

Job

21:28; 41:19

Isaiah

11:7; 65:25

Jeremiah

23:28

H8401

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8401 matches the Hebrew תֶּבֶן (teḇen),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - And she said to him, We have both straw and much provender, and a place for resting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - Ye shall no longer give straw to the people for brick-making as yesterday and the third day; but let them go themselves, and collect straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the taskmasters and the accountants hastened them, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharao, I will give you straw no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go ye, yourselves, get for yourselves straw whencesoever ye can find it, for nothing is diminished from your rate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people were dispersed in all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - Straw is not given to thy servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold thy servants have been scourged: thou wilt therefore injure thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - Yet is there straw and food for our asses, and bread and wine for me and my handmaid and the young man with thy servants; there is no want of anything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 - (LXX 41:19) For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - And the ox and bear shall feed together; and their young shall be together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - Then wolves and lambs shall feed together, and the lion shall eat chaff like the ox, and the serpent earth as bread. They shall not injure nor destroy in my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and he in whom is my word spoken to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, saith the Lord.
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