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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 - She added, “We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - So the man came to the house and unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and there was 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 bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “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 and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, 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 - Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - We have straw and feed for our donkeys, with bread and wine for me and your female servant and the young man with your servants. There is no lack of anything.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:28 - Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - That they are like straw before the wind,
and like chaff that the storm carries away?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 - He counts 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 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 graze together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? declares the LORD.
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