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Lexicon :: Strong's H8398 - tēḇēl

Aa
תֵּבֵל
Transliteration
tēḇēl
Pronunciation
tay-bale'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 835h

Strong’s Definitions

תֵּבֵל têbêl, tay-bale'; from H2986; the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine:—habitable part, world.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H8398 in the following manner: world (35x), habitable part (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H8398 in the following manner: world (35x), habitable part (1x).

  1. world

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תֵּבֵל têbêl, tay-bale'; from H2986; the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine:—habitable part, world.
STRONGS H8398: Abbreviations
† תֵּבֵל noun feminineNahum 1:5 (apparently masculine Isaiah 14:17) world, poetic synonym of אֶרֶץ (perhaps originally as productive, compare יְבוּל, בּוּל, but this sense not clearly maintained; compare also Assyrian tabalu in êlî tabali, by land, || êlî nâru, by water (river) MeissnZA 1889, iv. 3, 261, 263, 265 f. SASmAssyrian Letters iv. plate viii. ix, 1. 33) — usually absolute ת׳ (no article), construct Job 37:12; Proverbs 8:31; world, usually || ׃אֶרֶץ 1 Samuel 2:8 (י׳ set ת׳ on מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ), Isaiah 14:21; Isaiah 24:4; Isaiah 34:1; Jeremiah 10:12 = Jeremiah 51:15, 1 Chronicles 16:30 (= Psalm 96:10 below) Job 34:13; Psalm 19:5; Psalm 77:19 = Psalm 97:4; Psalm 90:2; Psalm 96:13 (+ עַמִּים), Psalm 98:9 (+ id.); וְישְׁבֵי ת׳ בָהּ Nahum 1:5; Psalm 24:1; ישְׁבֵי ת׳ Psalm 33:8; Isaiah 18:3 (|| שֹׁכְנֵי ארץ), Isaiah 26:9, 18; Lamentations 4:12; וּמְלֹאָהּ ת׳ Psa 89:12 [Psalm 89:11] (+ שָׁמַיִם, compare ארץ ומלאה Psalm 24:1); אָ֑רְצָה ת׳ צַל־פְּנֵי Job 37:12 upon the face of the world of earth (earthly world, the whole expanse of earth); אַרְצוֺ בְּת׳ Proverbs 8:31; on the other hand עַפְרוֺת ת׳ Proverbs 8:26; ת׳ alone Job 18:18; other combinations וּמְלֹאָהּ ת׳ Psalm 50:12 (compare Psalm 89:12 above); פְּנֵי־ת׳ Isaiah 27:6 (compare Job 37:12 above); מֹסְדוֺת ת׳ 2 Samuel 22:16 foundations of the world = Psalm 18:16, compare תִּכּוֺן ת׳ Psalm 93:1; Psalm 96:10 (= 1 Chronicles 16:30); world as object of י׳'s judgment 1 Chronicles 9:9 (|| לְאֻמִּים; see also Psalm 96:13 above), compare וישׁבי בה ת׳ 1 Chronicles 98:7 (|| יַם), Isaiah 13:11 (|| רשׁעים); as devastated by Babylonian conqueror Isaiah 14:17 (|| עָרָיו).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

2:8

2 Samuel

22:16

1 Chronicles

9:9; 16:30; 16:30

Job

18:18; 34:13; 37:12; 37:12; 37:12

Psalms

18:16; 19:5; 24:1; 24:1; 33:8; 50:12; 77:19; 89:11; 89:12; 90:2; 93:1; 96:10; 96:10; 96:13; 96:13; 97:4; 98:9

Proverbs

8:26; 8:31; 8:31

Isaiah

13:11; 14:17; 14:17; 14:21; 18:3; 24:4; 26:9; 26:18; 27:6; 34:1

Jeremiah

10:12; 51:15

Lamentations

4:12

Nahum

1:5; 1:5

H8398

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Strong's Number H8398 matches the Hebrew תֵּבֵל (tēḇēl),
which occurs 36 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 - Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:30 - Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:13 - Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12 - And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8 - And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 - Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 - Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:1 - <A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:8 - Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12 - If I had need of food, I would not give you word of it; for the earth is mine and all its wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18 - The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 - Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2 - Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1 - The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10 - Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:13 - Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:4 - His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7 - Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the world, and all who are living in it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:9 - Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:26 - When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 - Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 - Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:21 - Make ready a place of death for his children, because of the evil-doing of their father; so that they may not come up and take the earth for their heritage, covering the face of the world with waste places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:3 - All you peoples of the world, and you who are living on the earth, when a flag is lifted up on the mountains, give attention; and when the horn is sounded, give ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:9 - In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:18 - We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind; no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:6 - In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:1 - Come near, you nations, and give ear; take note, you peoples: let the earth and everything in it give ear; the world and all those living in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:15 - He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:12 - To the kings of the earth and to all the people of the world it did not seem possible that the attackers and the haters would go into the doors of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:5 - The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.
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