HebrewH8392Noun (Feminine)

תֵּבָה

te.vah

25Occurrences
H8392Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a box

perhaps of foreign derivation;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. ark 1a) vessel which Noah built 1b) basket vessel in which Moses was placed

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

תֵּבָה appears 25 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
23
Exodus
2

Key Passages

Exodus 2:3BSB

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.

Genesis 6:18BSB

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.

Genesis 7:13BSB

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—

Genesis 8:1BSB

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.

Genesis 8:13BSB

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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