תַּבְנִית tavnit
Hebrew word for “pattern” · Strong’s H8403 · used 20 times in 17 verses
Meaning
1) pattern, plan, form, construction, figure; 1a) construction, structure; 1a1) meaning uncertain; 1b) pattern; 1c) figure, image (of idols)
How it is translated
Glosses given for tavnit in context, with how often each is used:
- pattern 8
- likeness 5
- form 3
- copy 1
- image 1
- structure 1
- like the form 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 4 | 0.4 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
1 Chronicles 28 (4), Deuteronomy 4 (3), Exodus 25 (2), Ezekiel 8 (2), Joshua 22 (1), 2 Kings 16 (1), Psalms 106 (1), Psalms 144 (1), Isaiah 44 (1), Ezekiel 10 (1)
Forms
- תבנית 13
- בתבניתם 1
- תבניתו 1
- ותבנית 1
- ולתבנית 1
- התבנית 1
- בתבנית 1
- כתבנית 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tavnit more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רָאָה raah “to see” 6
- סֶמֶל semel “idol” 2
- פְּנִימִי penimi “inner” 2
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 3
- כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 2
- כָּנָף kanaph “wing” 2
- בְּהֵמָה behemah “animal” 2
- בַּיִן bayin “between” 2
- סָבִיב saviv “around” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 2
- תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 2
Key verses
The verses using tavnit that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 25:9 — According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
- Exodus 25:40 — And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
- Deuteronomy 4:16 — Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
- 2 Kings 16:10 — And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the…
- 1 Chronicles 28:11 — Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and…
- 1 Chronicles 28:12 — And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house…
- 1 Chronicles 28:18 — And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark…
- 1 Chronicles 28:19 — All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
- Psalms 144:12 — That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
- Isaiah 44:13 — The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after…
- Ezekiel 8:3 — And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the…
- Ezekiel 8:10 — So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round…
See all 17 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.