טַבָּח
tab.bachNoun (Masculine)H2876
guard
From: from H2873 (טָבַח);
Short Definition
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
Full Lexicon Entry
- executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman 1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food) 1b) guardsmen, bodyguard Aramaic equivalent: tab.bach (*טַבָּח *"guardsman" H2877)
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)
Morphology H:N-M
DescriptionH:N-M
Occurrences
32 timesAppears 32 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Jeremiah
17
2 Kings
7
Genesis
6
1 Samuel
2
Key Passages
- 1 Samuel 9:23
- 2 Kings 25:15
- Genesis 40:4
- Jeremiah 39:13
- Jeremiah 52:12
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