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תֵּבָה H8392

H8392 is the Hebrew word תֵּבָה, transliterated têbâh and said tay-baw'. The King James Version most often renders it ark.

Word: תֵּבָהTransliteration: têbâhSaid: tay-baw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 21 verses

What it means

a box.

Where it comes from

perhaps of foreign derivation.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 23 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

ark 23×

Strong's own list of renderings: ark.

Verses using תֵּבָה

All 21 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 6:14 · KJV

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Genesis 6:15 · KJV

And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Genesis 6:16 · KJV

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Genesis 6:18 · KJV

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 6:19 · KJV

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Genesis 7:1 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

Genesis 7:15 · KJV

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

Genesis 7:17 · KJV

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 7:18 · KJV

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 8:1 · KJV

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 asswaged;

Genesis 8:4 · KJV

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:6 · KJV

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

Genesis 8:9 · KJV

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

Genesis 8:13 · KJV

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Genesis 8:16 · KJV

Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

Genesis 9:10 · KJV

And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

Genesis 9:18 · KJV

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Exodus 2:3 · KJV

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 it in the flags by the river’s brink.

Exodus 2:5 · KJV

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, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8392 mean?

H8392 is the Hebrew word תֵּבָה (têbâh), meaning a box.

How is H8392 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it ark (23 times).

How many times does H8392 appear in the Bible?

תֵּבָה (têbâh) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8392 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: perhaps of foreign derivation.

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