תַּבְנִית
tabnîyth · H8403 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences
Thing
- IdolsReligion137 verses
Meanings
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construction
Exact meaning unsure; possibly: causative action by which humans perform construction activities, either in order to erect a new building or to rebuild or repair an existing one
ExamplesPsalm 144:12 When our sons in their youth are like growing plants, And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace,
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model, image, replica
A visual representation of an object, which either already exists in reality or only in the mind of the designer
ExamplesExodus 25:9 “According to all that I am going to show you as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, so you shall construct it.
Exodus 25:40 “See that you make them by the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.
Deuteronomy 4:16 so that you do not act corruptly and make a carved image for yourselves in the form of any figure, a representation of male or female,
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form, what looks like
Literally: image; hence: an object that looks like another object
ExamplesEzekiel 8:3 And He extended the form of a hand and took me by the hair of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner courtyard, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.
Ezekiel 10:8 The cherubim appeared to have something like a human hand under their wings.
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plan, schema, specification
Literally: image; hence: a set of detailed instructions regarding a construction that is to be built
Examples2 Kings 16:10 Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the pattern of the altar and its model, according to all its workmanship.
1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan of the porch of the temple, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms, and the room for the atoning cover;
1 Chronicles 28:12 and the plan of all that he had in mind, for the courtyards of the house of the LORD, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the storehouses of the house of God and for the storehouses of the dedicated things;
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
19 occurrences in 23 groups
- Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (26) 26
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
- רָאָהto see 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- כֹּלall, every, whole 2
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָקָהto carve 1
- רָאָהto see 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- שָׁלַחto send, to send away 2
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- רָאָהto see 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- בin/on/with 4
- כlike/as 1
- לto/for 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מְלָאכָהwork 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 2 words
- צֶלֶם tselem · H6754 · image, likeness, resemblance
- Both words denote representational or visual likeness: "image" on one side, "figure, form, likeness" on the other, each describing a physical or conceptual representation.
- צוּרָה tsûwrâh · H6699 · plan, design
- Both words denote physical shape, form or figure. תַּבְנִית (tabnîyth, H8403) has a broader range (pattern, likeness, similitude) that overlaps with the form sense of צוּרָה (tsûwrâh, H6699), and they can substitute for each other in contexts describing shape or form.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ὁμοίωμα homoíōma · G3667 · similarity, likeness, being similar
- ὁμοίωμα (homoiōma) renders תַּבְנִית (tabnîth) in LXX passages where the focus is on resemblance or likeness rather than architectural pattern or structural model; both terms denote visual/formal similarity, but the Greek term emphasizes abstract resemblance while the Hebrew encompasses both likeness and constructional template.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Exist002002002005
- This domain reflects a sense of the very form or manifestation something takes, a nuance drawn from this word's own gloss of 'figure' rather than directly illustrated by the citations sampled here.
- Images001003001001010
- This noun denotes a carved image or representation, as in Deuteronomy 4:16's prohibition against making a carved image in the form of any figure, whether male or female.
- Compare002004002003
- The noun also denotes a representation likened to something real, as in Deuteronomy 4:17's prohibition against making a representation of any animal on the earth.
- Design002004002004
- The noun also denotes an architectural pattern, as in Exodus 25:9's instruction to construct the tabernacle according to the pattern shown to Moses.
Word family 17 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8403. tabnith תַּבְנִית noun feminine construction, pattern, figure ֯׳תּ absolute 1Ch…
תַּבְנִית noun feminine construction, pattern, figure ֯׳תּ absolute 1Ch 28:19; construct Exo 25:9 (twice in verse) + 14 t. + Eze 8:10 (strike out Co); תַּבְנִיתוֺ 2Ki 16:10, תַבְנִיתָם Exo 25:40 —
1 apparently originally construction, structure, yet only P & late: י מִזְבַּה ׳תַּבְנִית Jos 22:28; compare Psa 144:12 in simile תּ מְחֻטָּבִים כְזָוִיּוֺת ׳בְּנוֺתֵינוּ הֵיכָל carved according to the construction of a palace, palace-fashion.
2 pattern, according to which anything is to be constructed (P & late), of tabernacle Exo 25:9, utensils of tabernacle Exo 25:9; Exo 25:40; an altar 2Ki 16:10 מַעֲשֵׂהוּ לְכָלֿ תַּבְנִיתוֺ (distinguished from דְּמוּת); temple 1Ch 28:11 compare 1Ch 28:12 chariot, i.e. cherubim 1Ch 28:18; הַתּ ׳מַלְאֲכוֺת 1Ch 28:19 i.e. objects of which the patters is given.
3 figure, image, Hexateuch only D, of idols in form of animals Deu 4:16-17, (twice in verse); Deu 4:18 (twice in verse); elsewhere late Isa 44:13; Eze 8:10 (strike out B Co) Psa 106:20; compare ׳תּ יָד Eze 8:3; Eze 10:8 i.e. something like a hand.
בנט (assumed as √ of אַבְנֵט, Thes Sta§ 257).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
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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