טָבַע
ṭâbaʻ · taw-bah'
to sink
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to sink
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: drown, fasten, settle, sink.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › the house, what is within › to see and know
To surround and contain of the house, what is within that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טָבַע 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sunk2 · 20%
- are sunk2 · 20%
- also are drowned1 · 10%
- thereof fastened1 · 10%
- are sunk down1 · 10%
- i sink1 · 10%
- and let me not sink1 · 10%
- were settled1 · 10%
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.