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Strong's #2876 - טַבָּח

Transliteration
ṭabbâch
Phonetics
tab-bawkh'
Origin
from (H2873)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
786c
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman

1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food)

1b) guardsmen, bodyguard

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (32)
Genesis 6
1 Samuel 2
2 Kings 7
Jeremiah 17
NAS (32)
Genesis 6
1 Samuel 2
2 Kings 7
Jeremiah 17
HCS (32)
Genesis 6
1 Samuel 2
2 Kings 7
Jeremiah 17
BSB (32)
Genesis 6
1 Samuel 2
2 Kings 7
Jeremiah 17
ESV (32)
Genesis 6
1 Samuel 2
2 Kings 7
Jeremiah 17
WEB (32)
Genesis 6
1 Samuel 2
2 Kings 7
Jeremiah 17
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2227) hbu (תהבהה ThBHh) AC: Slaughter CO: Flesh AB: ?: [from: hb]

V) hbu (תהבהה ThBHh) - Slaughter: KJV (11): (vf: Paal) kill, slaughter, slay - Strongs: H2873 (טָבַח)

Nm) hbu (תהבהה ThBHh) - I. Slaughter:The act of slaughtering. Also the meat of the slaughter. II. Guard:As one who prevents a slaughter of a ruler. [Hebrew and Aramaic] III. Cook:One who slaughters animals for food. KJV (45): slaughter, slay, sore, beast, guard, cook - Strongs: H2874 (טֶבַח), H2876 (טַבָּח), H2877 (טַבָּח)

Nf1) ehbu (תהבההה ThBHhH) - Cook: One who slaughters animals for food. KJV (1): cook - Strongs: H2879 (טַבָּחָה)

am) hbum (מתהבהה MThBHh) - Slaughter: KJV (1): slaughter - Strongs: H4293 (מַטְבֵּחַ)

ef1) ehbiu (תהיבההה ThYBHhH) - Slaughter: The act of slaughtering. Also the meat of the slaughter. KJV (3): flesh, slaughter - Strongs: H2878 (טִבְחָה)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 טַבָּח noun masculine 1 Samuel 9:23

1 cook,

2 guardsman; —

1 cook (who also killed the animal for food and served it) טַבָּח absolute 1 Samuel 9:23,24 .

2 elsewhere only plural טַבָּחִים guardsmen, bodyguard (originally royal slaughterers; see RS OTJC 426 (262); Semitic i. 1st ed., 396); always in the following combinations: ׳שַׂר הַטּ captain of Pharaoh's bodyguard Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1 (both J), Genesis 40:3,4; Genesis 41:10,12 (all E); ׳רַבטֿ chief of Nebuchadrezzar's bodyguard 2 Kings 25:8,10,11,12,15,18,20; Jeremiah 39:9 16t. Jeremiah (hence Aramaic רַב טַבָּחַיָּא Daniel 2:14).

[טַבָּח] noun masculine guardsman (see Biblical Hebrew id.; √ טבח); — plural emphatic טַבָּחַיָא Daniel 2:14.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

טַבָּח m. a slayer, hence

(1) a cook, 1 Samuel 9:23, 24 1 Samuel 9:24. Arab. طَبَّاخُ id.

(2) an executioner, hence one of the king’s guard, whose business it was in the East to inflict capital punishments. רַב־טַבָּחִים 2 Kings 25:8, seq.; Jeremiah 39:9, seq.; and שַׂר־הַטַּבָּחִים Genesis 37:36, 39:1 40:3, Genesis 40:4, 41:10, 12 Genesis 41:12, “the captain of the executioners,” i.e. of the body guard; pretty much the same as the Kapijji-Pasha of the modern Turkish court. [“In Egypt he had a public prison in his house, Genesis 40:3 in Babylon, Nebuzaradan who held this office, commanded also a part of the royal army, Jeremiah 39:13, 52:15.” Ges. add.]

טַבָּח Chald. i.q. Hebr. No. 2, an executioner, hence one of the king’s guard, Daniel 2:14.


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List of Word Forms
הַ֠טַּבָּח הַטַּבָּחִ֔ים הַטַּבָּחִ֧ים הַטַּבָּחִֽים׃ הַטַּבָּחִים֙ הַטַבָּחִ֖ים הטבח הטבחים הטבחים׃ טַבָּחִ֑ים טַבָּחִ֔ים טַבָּחִ֖ים טַבָּחִ֗ים טַבָּחִ֛ים טַבָּחִֽים׃ טבחים טבחים׃ לַטַּבָּ֔ח לטבח ha·ṭab·bā·ḥîm haṭ·ṭab·bā·ḥîm haṭ·ṭab·bāḥ hatabbaChim haṭabbāḥîm hattabbaChim haṭṭabbāḥ haṭṭabbāḥîm Hattabboch laṭ·ṭab·bāḥ lattabBach laṭṭabbāḥ ṭab·bā·ḥîm tabbaChim ṭabbāḥîm
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