טַבַּעַת tabbaat

Hebrew word for “ring” · Strong’s H2885 · used 49 times in 38 verses

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Meaning

1) ring, signet, signet ring; 1a) signet ring (as symbol of authority); 1b) ring (as ornament)

How it is translated

Glosses given for tabbaat in context, with how often each is used:

• rings 37
• signet-ring 8
• ring 2
• finger rings 1
• signet-rings 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 25 (5), Exodus 28 (5), Exodus 37 (5), Exodus 39 (5), Esther 8 (3), Exodus 26 (2), Exodus 27 (2), Exodus 36 (2), Exodus 38 (2), Esther 3 (2)

Forms

• טבעת 17
• בטבעת 9
• הטבעת 9
• טבעות 4
• טבעתו 3
• הטבעות 2
• מטבעתיו 2
• טבעתיהם 1
• וטבעת 1
• טבעתם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tabbaat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• זָהָב zahav “gold” 19
• חֹשֶׁן choshen “breastpiece” 8
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 15
• צֵלָע tsela “side” 8
• בַּד bad “alone” 10
• קָצָה qatsah “end” 7
• אֵפוֹד ephod “ephod” 6
• חֵשֶׁב cheshev “artwork” 4
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 8
• מַטָּה mattah “beneath” 4
• עֻמָּה ummah “close” 4
• אַרְבַּע arba “four” 6

Key verses

The verses using tabbaat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 41:42 — And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
• Exodus 25:12 — And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the…
• Exodus 30:4 — And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be…
• Exodus 35:22 — And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every…
• Exodus 36:29 — And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
• Numbers 31:50 — We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make…
• Esther 3:10 — And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
• Esther 3:12 — Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s…
• Esther 8:2 — And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
• Esther 8:8 — Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and…
• Esther 8:10 — And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young…
• Isaiah 3:21 — The rings, and nose jewels,

See all 38 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.