טַבַּעַת
ṭabbaʻath · tab-bah'-ath
properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2883 (טָבַע);
properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
- properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing)
- hence, (generally) a ring of any kind
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ring.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › the house, what is within › to see and know › the mark, the covenant sign
To surround and contain of the house, what is within that works to see and know of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טַבַּעַת 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
49 occurrences · 49 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rings22 · 45%
- ring6 · 12%
- into the rings4 · 8%
- his ring3 · 6%
- the rings3 · 6%
- their rings2 · 4%
- in the rings1 · 2%
- shall the rings1 · 2%
- other rings1 · 2%
- by the rings1 · 2%
- thereof unto the rings1 · 2%
- and rings1 · 2%
- were the rings1 · 2%
- by his rings1 · 2%
- unto the rings1 · 2%
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.