טַבָּח
ṭabbâch · H2877 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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executioner or bodyguard
An elite group of soldiers responsible for protecting high-ranking officials, possibly carrying the pejorative connotation that butchers can have for ruthless soldiers
ExamplesDaniel 2:14 Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king’s bodyguard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon;
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מֶלֶךְking 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַבcaptain 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- רוּץ rûwts · H7323 · to run, to hurry, to race
- When used as a noun (participle), רָץ denotes a royal runner or courier, often a member of the royal bodyguard (2 Sam 15:1, 1 Kgs 1:5, 14:27-28); semantically overlaps with טַבָּח as a term for royal guard or attendant.
In the other Testament 2 words
- σπεκουλάτωρ spekoulátōr · G4688 · courier, messenger, executioner
- Greek loanword from Latin speculator, used in Mark 6:27 for a member of the guard who serves as executioner; semantically overlaps with the Hebrew טַבָּח in its sense of 'guard' or 'bodyguard,' particularly in royal/military contexts.
- φύλαξ phýlax · G5441 · guard, sentinel
- Standard Greek term for 'guard' or 'keeper,' used for prison guards and sentries; a natural translation equivalent for the Hebrew טַבָּח in its guard/sentinel sense.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Soldiers001001003013
- Daniel 2:14 recounts that “Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king's bodyguard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.”
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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