Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2876
טַבָּח
tab.bach · “guard”
Used 32 times across 4 books
Definition
1) executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman
1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food)
1b) guardsmen, bodyguard
Aramaic equivalent: tab.bach (טַבָּח "guardsman" H2877)
1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food)
1b) guardsmen, bodyguard
Aramaic equivalent: tab.bach (טַבָּח "guardsman" H2877)
Where it appears
Genesis6
1 Samuel2
2 Kings7
Jeremiah17
In the text
Genesis 37:36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.Genesis 39:1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.Genesis 40:3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.Genesis 40:4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.Genesis 41:10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:Genesis 41:12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.1 Samuel 9:23And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.1 Samuel 9:24And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.2 Kings 25:8And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:2 Kings 25:10And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
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