טָבַל
ṭâbal · taw-bal'
to dip, to immerse
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to dip, to immerse
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dip, plunge.
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
To surround and contain of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טָבַל 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and dipped4 · 25%
- and dip4 · 25%
- shall dip3 · 19%
- unto him: and he dipped1 · 6%
- and shall dip1 · 6%
- and let him dip1 · 6%
- were dipped1 · 6%
- shalt thou plunge1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.