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

  1. 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 times

Appears 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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