תֵּבֵל
têbêl · H8398 · Hebrew · 36 occurrences
Meanings
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earth, world
Primarily used in poetry: the earth as opposed to the sky, with special focus on the area that is inhabited by humans
Examples1 Samuel 2:8 “He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the garbage heap To seat them with nobles, And He gives them a seat of honor as an inheritance; For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, And He set the world on them.
2 Samuel 22:16 “Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were exposed By the rebuke of the LORD, From the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
1 Chronicles 16:30 Tremble before Him, all the earth; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הּher 1
What it doesIt is the subject
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- כּוּןto establish, to prepare 3
- נָבֵלto wither 1
- רָעַםto thunder, to roar 1
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 1
What is done to itIt is the object
11 occurrences in 6 groups
- שָׁפַטto judge, to govern 3
- אוֹרto be light 2
- כּוּןto establish, to prepare 2
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 2
- חוּלto tremble, to writhe 1
- שִׁיתto set, to put, to make 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נִיme 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- מִןfrom 2
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
12 occurrences in 5 groups
- יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 5
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 3
- מוֹסָדָהfoundation 2
- עָפָרdust, dirt 1
- קָצֶהend, edge, border 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- οἰκουμένη oikouménē · G3625 · earth, world, empire
- Greek οἰκουμένη regularly renders Hebrew תֵּבֵל in LXX contexts denoting the inhabited world/earth as a whole; both terms emphasize the world as dwelling-place rather than mere physical cosmos.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Land001002002
- This noun denotes the inhabited world, as in 1 Samuel 2:8's declaration that the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and He has set the world on them.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8398. tebel תֵּבֵל noun feminineNah 1:5 (apparently masculine Isa 14:17) world, poetic…
תֵּבֵל noun feminineNah 1:5 (apparently masculine Isa 14:17) world, poetic synonym of אֶרֶץ (perhaps originally as productive, compare בּוּל יְבוּל,, 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; Pro 8:31; world, usually || ׃אֶרֶץ 1Sa 2:8 (׳י set ׳ת on אֶרֶץ מְצֻקֵי), Isa 14:21; Isa 24:4; Isa 34:1; Jer 10:12 = Jer 51:15, 1Ch 16:30 (= Psa 96:10 below) Job 34:13; Psa 19:5; Psa 77:19 = Psa 97:4; Psa 90:2; Psa 96:13 (+ עַמִּים), Psa 98:9 (+ id.); בָהּ ׳ת וְישְׁבֵי Nah 1:5; Psa 24:1; ת ׳ישְׁבֵי Psa 33:8; Isa 18:3 (|| ארץ שֹׁכְנֵי), Isa 26:9, Isa 26:18; Lam 4:12; ׳ת וּמְלֹאָהּ Lam 89:12 (+ שָׁמַיִם, compare ומלאה ארץ Lam 24:1); ת ׳עַלמְּֿנֵי אָ֑רְצָה Job 37:12 upon the face of the world of earth (earthly world, the whole expanse of earth); ׳בְּת אַרְצוֺ Pro 8:31; on the other hand ת ׳עַפְרוֺת Pro 8:26; ׳ת alone Job 18:18; other combinations ׳ת וּמְלֹאָהּ Psa 50:12 (compare Psa 89:12 above); ׳מְּנֵיתֿ Isa 27:6 (compare Job 37:12 above); ת ׳מֹסְדוֺת 2Sa 22:16 foundations of the world = Psa 18:16, compare ת ׳תִּכּוֺן Psa 93:1; Psa 96:10 (= 1Ch 16:30); world as object of ׳יs judgment 1Ch 9:9 (|| לְאֻמִּים; see also 1Chron 96:13 above), compare ׳ת בה וישׁבי 1Chron 98:7 (|| יַם), Isa 13:11 (|| רשׁעים); as devastated by Babylonian conqueror Isa 14:17 (|| עָרָיו).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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
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