טֶבַח tevach
Hebrew word for “slaughter” · Strong’s H2874 · used 12 times in 12 verses
Meaning
1) slaughter, slaughtering, animal; 1a) slaughtering, slaughter (of animals); 1b) slaughter (fig.)
How it is translated
Glosses given for tevach in context, with how often each is used:
- slaughter 9
- slaughtering 2
- which to the slaughter 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 21 (3), Isaiah 34 (2), Genesis 43 (1), Proverbs 7 (1), Proverbs 9 (1), Isaiah 53 (1), Isaiah 65 (1), Jeremiah 48 (1), Jeremiah 50 (1)
Forms
- לטבח 7
- טבח 3
- טבחה 1
- וטבח 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tevach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- טָבַח tavach “to slaughter” 3
- בָּרָק baraq “lightning” 3
- חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 4
- מָרַט marat “to smooth” 2
- מַעַן maan “because” 3
- פָּתַח patach “to open” 2
- יָרַד yarad “to go down” 2
- צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 2
Key verses
The verses using tevach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 43:16 — And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at…
- Proverbs 7:22 — He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
- Proverbs 9:2 — She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
- Isaiah 34:2 — For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the…
- Isaiah 34:6 — The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the…
- Isaiah 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so…
- Isaiah 65:12 — Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear;…
- Jeremiah 48:15 — Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
- Jeremiah 50:27 — Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
- Ezekiel 21:10 — It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
- Ezekiel 21:15 — I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up…
- Ezekiel 21:28 — And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is…
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.