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Lexicon :: Strong's H2883 - ṭāḇaʿ

Aa
טָבַע
Transliteration
ṭāḇaʿ
Pronunciation
taw-bah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 789

Strong’s Definitions

טָבַע ṭâbaʻ, taw-bah'; a primitive root; to sink:—drown, fasten, settle, sink.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H2883 in the following manner: sink (7x), drown (1x), settle (1x), fasten (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H2883 in the following manner: sink (7x), drown (1x), settle (1x), fasten (1x).

  1. to sink, sink into, sink down, pierce, settle down, drown, be settled, be planted

    1. (Qal) to sink, sink down

    2. (Pual) to be sunk

    3. (Hophal) to cause to sink

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טָבַע ṭâbaʻ, taw-bah'; a primitive root; to sink:—drown, fasten, settle, sink.
STRONGS H2883: Abbreviations
† טָבַע verb sink, sink down (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic IfbJ, טְבַע; Phoenician טבע coin; Assyrian ṭêbû, sink in, ṭabbî'u, diver (water-fowl) etc., see Muss-ArnJBL xi, 1892, 170 DlHWB; Arabic طَبَعَ seal, stamp, imprint; Ethiopic ጠሞዐ፡ dip) —
Qal Perfect טָבַעְתִּי Psalm 69:3; טָֽבְעוּ Psalm 9:16; Lamentations 2:9; Imperfect וַיִּטְבַּע Jeremiah 38:6; וַתִּטְבַּע 1 Samuel 17:49; אֶטְבָּ֑עָה Psalm 69:15; — sink, sink down, intransitive, with בְּ; 1 Samuel 17:49 (stone into Goliath's forehead); Jeremiah 38:6 (Jeremiah in mire of dungeon); Lamentations 2:9 (gates of Jerusalem into ground); metaphor of distress; Psalm 69:3 בִיוֵן מְצוּלָה ט׳; Psalm 69:15 (|| הצילני מִטִּיט); nations into the pit (בַּשַּׁחַת) Psalm 9:16.
Pu. Perfect טֻבְּעוּ be sunk Exodus 15:4 (poem) of Egyptians drowned בְּיַםסֿוּף.
Hiph. Perfect הָטְבְּעוּ be sunk בַּבֹּץ in the mire, of feet, metaphor of entanglements and difficulties Jeremiah 38:22; הָטְבָּ֑עוּ, of pedestals (אֲדָנִים) of the earth, as settled, planted עַל Job 38:6 (|| ירה מִּנָּה); absolute of mountains Proverbs 8:25.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:4

1 Samuel

17:49; 17:49

Job

38:6

Psalms

9:16; 9:16; 69:3; 69:3; 69:15; 69:15

Proverbs

8:25

Jeremiah

38:6; 38:6; 38:22

Lamentations

2:9; 2:9

H2883

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Strong's Number H2883 matches the Hebrew טָבַע (ṭāḇaʿ),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 - Pharaoh's war-carriages and his army he has sent down into the sea: the best of his captains have gone down into the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:49 - And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6 - On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2 - My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14 - Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25 - Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - See, all the rest of the women in the house of the king of Judah will be taken out to the king of Babylon's captains, and these women will say, Your nearest friends have been false to you and have got the better of you: they have made your feet go deep into the wet earth, and they are turned away back from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:9 - Her doors have gone down into the earth; he has sent destruction on her locks: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; even her prophets have had no vision from the Lord.
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