טַבָּח tabbach
Hebrew word for “guard” · Strong’s H2876 · used 32 times in 32 verses
Meaning
1) executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman;
How it is translated
Glosses given for tabbach in context, with how often each is used:
- bodyguards 30
- cook 2
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 52 (8), 2 Kings 25 (7), Jeremiah 39 (4), Jeremiah 40 (3), Genesis 40 (2), Genesis 41 (2), 1 Samuel 9 (2), Genesis 37 (1), Genesis 39 (1), Jeremiah 41 (1)
Forms
- טבחים 24
- הטבחים 6
- לטבח 1
- הטבח 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tabbach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן nevuzaradan “Nebuzaradan” 15
- רַב rav “many” 24
- בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 11
- שָׁאַר shaar “to remain” 8
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 8
- שַׂר sar “ruler” 6
- גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 5
- דַּלָּה dallah “poor” 3
- נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר nevukhadnetstsar “Nebuchadnezzar” 4
- אֵת et “with” 7
- מִשְׁמָר mishmar “custody” 3
- אֲחִיקָם achiqam “Ahikam” 3
Key verses
The verses using tabbach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 37:36 — And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
- Genesis 39:1 — And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which…
- 2 Kings 25:11 — Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did…
- 2 Kings 25:18 — And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
- Jeremiah 39:9 — Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away,…
- Jeremiah 39:10 — But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the…
- Jeremiah 40:1 — The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in…
- Jeremiah 40:2 — And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
- Jeremiah 40:5 — Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over…
- Jeremiah 41:10 — Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah,…
- Jeremiah 52:12 — Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the…
- Jeremiah 52:24 — And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
See all 32 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.