טֶ֫בַח
te.vach
“slaughter”
Definition
properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)
from H2873 (טָבַח);
- slaughter, slaughtering, animal 1a) slaughtering, slaughter (of animals) 1b) slaughter (fig.)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
טֶ֫בַח appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”
The LORD is angry with all the nationsand furious with all their armies.He will devote them to destruction;He will give them over to slaughter.
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood.It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats,with the fat of the kidneys of rams.For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah,a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
He was oppressed and afflicted,yet He did not open His mouth.He was led like a lamb to the slaughter,and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,so He did not open His mouth.
I will destine you for the sword,and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered,because I called and you did not answer,I spoke and you did not listen;you did evil in My sightand chose that in which I did not delight.”
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