Lexicon :: Strong's H2876 - ṭabāḥ
טַבָּח
Transliteration
ṭabāḥ
Pronunciation
tab-bawkh'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From טָבַח (H2873)
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 786c
KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H2876 in the following manner: guard (30x), cook (2x).
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executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman
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cook (who also killed the animal for food)
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guardsmen, bodyguard
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Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טַבָּח ṭabbâch, tab-bawkh'; from H2873; properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food):—cook, guard.
STRONGS H2876:
Abbreviations
טַבָּח noun masculine1 Samuel 9:23 † 1. cook, 2. guardsman; —
1. cook (who also killed the animal for food and served it) טַבָּח absolute 1 Samuel 9:23, 24.†
2. elsewhere only plural טַבָּחִים guardsmen, bodyguard (originally royal slaughterers; see RSOTJC 426 (262); Semitic i. 1st ed., 396); always in the following combinations: שַׂר הַטּ׳ captain of Pharaoh's bodyguard Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1 (both J), Genesis 40:3, 4; Genesis 41:10, 12 (all E); רַבטֿ׳ chief of Nebuchadrezzar's bodyguard 2 Kings 25:8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20; Jeremiah 39:9 + 16 times Jeremiah (hence Aramaic רַב טַבָּחַיָּא
See related Aramaic BDB entry H2877.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
37:36; 39:1; 40:3; 40:4; 41:10; 41:12
1 Samuel
9:23; 9:23; 9:24
2 Kings
25:8; 25:10; 25:11; 25:12; 25:15; 25:18; 25:20
Jeremiah
39:9
Daniel
2:14
