תֵּבָה tevah

Hebrew word for “ark” · Strong’s H8392 · used 28 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

1) ark; 1a) vessel which Noah built; 1b) basket vessel in which Moses was placed

How it is translated

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

• ark 26
• basket 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 7 (8), Genesis 8 (8), Genesis 6 (5), Genesis 9 (2), Exodus 2 (2)

Forms

• התבה 23
• תבת 2
• בתבה 2
• לתבה 1

Words used with it

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

• נֹחַ noach “Noah” 10
• אֵת et “with” 8
• מַי mayim “water” 6
• חַי chay “alive” 5
• עוֹף oph “bird” 3
• מִן־ min “from” 5
• יֶפֶת yephet “Japheth” 2
• מַבּוּל mabbul “flood” 2
• בְּהֵמָה behemah “animal” 3
• חָם cham “Ham” 2
• שֵׁם shem “Shem” 2
• רֶמֶשׂ remes “creeping” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 6:18 — But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
• Genesis 7:1 — And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
• Genesis 7:7 — And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
• Genesis 7:9 — There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
• Genesis 7:13 — In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
• Genesis 7:17 — And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
• Genesis 7:23 — And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and…
• Genesis 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters…
• Genesis 8:10 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
• Genesis 8:16 — Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
• Exodus 2:3 — And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid…
• Exodus 2:5 — And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags,…

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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.