Lexicon :: Strong's H8401 - teḇen

תֶּבֶן

Transliteration

teḇen

Pronunciation

teh'-ben

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably from בָּנָה (H1129)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2493

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

תֶּבֶן teben, teh'-ben; probably from H1129; properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder):—chaff, straw, stubble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H8401 in the following manner: straw (15x), stubble (1x), chaff (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H8401 in the following manner: straw (15x), stubble (1x), chaff (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

straw, stubble
1. as building material
2. as fodder for livestock

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

תֶּבֶן teben, teh'-ben; probably from H1129; properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder):—chaff, straw, stubble.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8401: Abbreviations

† תֶּ֫בֶן noun masculine^{Exodus 5:16} straw (√ unknown; Ges and others compare בנה (compare Thes¹⁴⁹²), but see Lag^{BN 138}; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian tibnu; Aramaic תִּיבְנָא, , whence Arabic as loan-word Frä¹²⁴); — absolute ת׳ Genesis 24:25 +, תֶּ֑בֶן Exodus 5:10 +; — straw, i.e. straw threshed fine: chaff Jeremiah 23:28 (opposed to בָּר), blown by wind Job 21:28 (in simile; || מֹץ), yielding Job 41:19 (simile); food for camels Genesis 24:25, 32 (J), asses Judges 19:19 (all + מִסְפּוֹא), בָּקָר Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 65:25, horses 1 Kings 5:8 (+ שְׂעֹרִים); mixed with clay in brick-making Exodus 5:7 (twice in verse); Exodus 5:10, 11, 12 (opposed to קַשׂ), Exodus 5:13; Exodus 5:16; Exodus 5:18 (J); — see further Vogelst^{Landwirthsch. 67}.

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