טַבָּח
ṭabbâch · tab-bawkh'
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2873 (טָבַח);
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
- properly, a butcher
- hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner)
- also, a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cook, guard.
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › the house, what is within › to separate and protect
To surround and contain of the house, what is within that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טַבָּח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the guard29 · 91%
- of the guard's1 · 3%
- unto the cook1 · 3%
- and the cook1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.