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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 Box Gen 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - And she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw H8401 and feed, and a place to lodge in.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - So the man came into the house. Then [fn]Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw H8401 and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You are no longer to give the people straw H8401 to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw H8401 for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 -

So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I am not going to give you any straw H8401.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - ‘You go and get straw H8401 for yourselves wherever you can find it, but no amount of your slave labor will be reduced.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw H8401.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters were pressing them, saying, “Complete your [fn]work quota, [fn]the daily amount, just as when there was straw H8401.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - “There is no straw H8401 given to your slaves, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your slaves are being beaten; but it is the [fn]sin of your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - “So now, go and labor; but straw H8401 will not be given to you, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “Yet there is both straw H8401 and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, [fn]your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:28 - They also brought barley and straw H8401 for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to the legal judgment for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 -

“Are they as straw H8401 before the wind,

And like chaff which the storm steals away?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 -

“It regards iron as straw H8401,

Bronze as rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 -

Also the cow and the bear will graze,

Their young will lie down together,

And the lion will eat straw H8401 like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw H8401 like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,” says Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - “The prophet who has a dream may recount his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw H8401 have in common with grain?” declares Yahweh.
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