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Lexicon :: Strong's H8401 - teḇen

Aa
תֶּבֶן
Transliteration
teḇen
Pronunciation
teh'-ben
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from בָּנָה (H1129)
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxGen 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh says, I will give you no more dry stems.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go yourselves and get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the overseers went on driving them and saying, Do your full day's work as before when there were dry stems for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it is your people who are in the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full number of bricks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:28 - And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 - Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb will take their food together, and the lion will make a meal of grass like the ox: but dust will be the snake's food. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.
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