תֶּבֶן teven
Hebrew word for “straw” · Strong’s H8401 · used 17 times in 16 verses
Meaning
1) straw, stubble; 1a) as building material; 1b) as fodder for livestock
How it is translated
Glosses given for teven in context, with how often each is used:
- straw 16
- like straw 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 5 (7), Genesis 24 (2), Judges 19 (1), 1 Kings 4 (1), Job 21 (1), Job 41 (1), Isaiah 11 (1), Isaiah 65 (1), Jeremiah 23 (1)
Forms
- תבן 10
- לתבן 3
- התבן 1
- ותבן 1
- והתבן 1
- כתבן 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with teven more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִסְפּוֹא mispo “fodder” 3
- לְבֵנָה levenah “brick” 3
- קָשַׁשׁ qashash “to gather” 2
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 4
- נָגַשׂ nagas “to oppress” 2
- דָּבָר davar “word” 4
- אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 2
- כֶם khem “you” 3
- רָעָה raah “to pasture” 2
- בָּקָר baqar “cattle” 2
- לֶחֶם lechem “food” 2
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 3
Key verses
The verses using teven that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 24:25 — She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
- Genesis 24:32 — And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that…
- Exodus 5:7 — Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
- Exodus 5:10 — And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
- Exodus 5:12 — So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
- Exodus 5:13 — And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
- Exodus 5:18 — Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
- Judges 19:19 — Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy…
- 1 Kings 4:28 — Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
- Job 21:18 — They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
- Isaiah 65:25 — The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy…
- Jeremiah 23:28 — The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
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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.