Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2883
טָבַע
ta.va · “to sink”
Used 10 times across 7 books
Definition
1) to sink, sink into, sink down, pierce, settle down, drown, be settled, be planted
1a) (Qal) to sink, sink down
1b)(Pual) to be sunk
1c) (Hophal) to cause to sink
1a) (Qal) to sink, sink down
1b)(Pual) to be sunk
1c) (Hophal) to cause to sink
Where it appears
Exodus1
1 Samuel1
Job1
Psalms3
Proverbs1
Jeremiah2
Lamentations1
In the text
Exodus 15:4Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.1 Samuel 17:49And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.Job 38:6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;Psalms 9:16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.Psalms 69:3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.Psalms 69:15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.Proverbs 8:25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.Jeremiah 38:22And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.Lamentations 2:9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
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