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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 Box Gen 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - Moreover she said to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - Then the man came to the house. And he unloaded the camels, and provided straw and feed for 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 shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I will not give you straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - ‘Go, get yourselves straw where you can find it; yet none of your work will be reduced.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - “There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And indeed your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - “Therefore go now and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “although we have both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and bread and wine for myself, for your female servant, and for the young man who is with your servant; 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 to the proper place, for the horses and steeds, each man according to his charge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - They are like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that a storm carries away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 - He regards iron as straw,
And bronze as rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - The cow and the bear shall graze;
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - “The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream;
And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully.
What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the LORD.
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