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טָבַע H2883
H2883 is the Hebrew word טָבַע, transliterated ṭâbaʻ and said taw-bah'. The King James Version most often renders it sunk.
What it means
to sink.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 10 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: drown, fasten, settle, sink.
Verses using טָבַע
All 10 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 15:4 · KJV
Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
1 Samuel 17:49 · KJV
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Job 38:6 · KJV
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Psalm 9:15 · KJV
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalm 69:2 · KJV
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Psalm 69:14 · KJV
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Proverbs 8:25 · KJV
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Jeremiah 38:6 · KJV
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Jeremiah 38:22 · KJV
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
Lamentations 2:9 · KJV
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
Common questions
What does Strong's H2883 mean?
H2883 is the Hebrew word טָבַע (ṭâbaʻ), meaning to sink.
How is H2883 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it sunk (4 times), sink (2 times), also are drowned (1 time), thereof fastened (1 time), sunk down (1 time), among others.
How many times does H2883 appear in the Bible?
טָבַע (ṭâbaʻ) is tagged in 10 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2883 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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