תֵּבָה
te.vah
“ark”
Definition
a box
perhaps of foreign derivation;
- ark 1a) vessel which Noah built 1b) basket vessel in which Moses was placed
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
תֵּבָה appears 25 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
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