תֵּבָה
têbâh · tay-baw'
a box
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps of foreign derivation;
a box
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ark.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תֵּבָה 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the ark7 · 25%
- the ark4 · 14%
- into the ark4 · 14%
- and the ark2 · 7%
- unto him into the ark2 · 7%
- out of the ark2 · 7%
- thee an ark1 · 4%
- to the ark1 · 4%
- with him, into the ark1 · 4%
- with them, into the ark1 · 4%
- were with him in the ark1 · 4%
- that was with him in the ark1 · 4%
- for him an ark1 · 4%
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.