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Strong's #892 - בָּבָה

Transliteration
bâbâh
Phonetics
baw-baw'
Origin
active participle of an unused root meaning to hollow out
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. the apple (pupil) of the eye

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (1)
Zechariah 1
BSB (1)
Zechariah 1
CSB (1)
Zechariah 1
ESV (1)
Zechariah 1
KJV (1)
Zechariah 1
LEB (1)
Zechariah 1
LSB (0)
The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (1)
Zechariah 1
NAS (0)
Zechariah 1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Zechariah 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1025) bb (בב BB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

A) bb (בב BB) AC: ? CO: Pupil AB: ?: Pupil of the eye

Nf1) ebb (בבה BBH) - Pupil: KJV (1): apple - Strongs: H892 (בָּבָה)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 [בָּבָה] noun feminine only בָּבַת עֵינוֺ Zechariah 2:12 the apple of his eye (Aramaic ; בָּבָא gate ᵑ7 Esther 5:14; Thes below נבב to which Ges gives sense perforate, hence opening of eye; but compare Arabic pupil of eye, perhaps = Dozy49 babe, baby, bébé (imitating infant's prattle) i.e. child of the eye; see Hi St, Fl in ChWB i. 419 b; compare אישׁוֺן ?).


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בָּבָה f. (with Kametz impure), pr. cavity, aperture (from the root נָבַב, for נְבָבָה, נְבָאבָה), hence a gate, Like the Arab. بَابُ. This word is used in Hebrew in one phrase בָּבַת עַיִן “the gate of the eye,” i.e. the pupil, which is really the entrance or gate of the inner eye; Zechariah 2:12. To this accords ܕܥܰܝܢܐܳ ܒܳܒܬܐܳ, Ch. בַּבְתָּא, בָּבָא. I formerly followed another etymology which may also be defended. For בָּבָה may be for בָּאבְאָה i.q. بُوءْبُوءُ a little boy, Syr. ܒܳܒܘܽܣܳܐ (from the onomatop. بابا παππάζειν), and this may be applied to the pupil, in the same manner as אִישׁוֹן, which see.


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List of Word Forms
בְּבָבַ֥ת בבבת bə·ḇā·ḇaṯ bəḇāḇaṯ bevaVat
 
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