טַבָּח
tab.bach
“guard”
Definition
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
from H2873 (טָבַח);
- executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman 1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food) 1b) guardsmen, bodyguard Aramaic equivalent: tab.bach (*טַבָּח *"guardsman" H2877)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
טַבָּח appears 32 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”
The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant.After they had been in custody for some time,
So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon
On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
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