תֶּבֶן
teben · teh'-ben
properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H1129 (בָּנָה);
properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chaff, straw, stubble.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing
The mark, the covenant sign of the house, what is within of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תֶּבֶן 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- straw7 · 41%
- you straw2 · 12%
- instead of straw1 · 6%
- there is no straw1 · 6%
- for there shall no straw1 · 6%
- both straw1 · 6%
- also and straw1 · 6%
- they are as stubble1 · 6%
- as straw1 · 6%
- what is the chaff1 · 6%
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.