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תֵּבֵל H8398

H8398 is the Hebrew word תֵּבֵל, transliterated têbêl and said tay-bale'. The King James Version most often renders it world.

Word: תֵּבֵלTransliteration: têbêlSaid: tay-bale'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 33 verses

What it means

the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine.

Where it comes from

from H2986 (יָבַל).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 33 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

world 27×thereof the world 2×thine as for the world 1×himself the world 1×habitable part 1×yea the world 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: habitable part, world.

Verses using תֵּבֵל

All 33 verses, quoted in full.

1 Samuel 2:8 · KJV

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

2 Samuel 22:16 · KJV

And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

1 Chronicles 16:30 · KJV

Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

Job 37:12 · KJV

And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

Psalm 9:8 · KJV

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Psalm 18:15 · KJV

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Psalm 19:4 · KJV

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Psalm 24:1 · KJV

The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalm 33:8 · KJV

Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

Psalm 50:12 · KJV

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Psalm 77:18 · KJV

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

Psalm 89:11 · KJV

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Psalm 90:2 · KJV

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Psalm 93:1 · KJV

The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

Psalm 96:10 · KJV

Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

Psalm 96:13 · KJV

Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

Psalm 97:4 · KJV

His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

Psalm 98:7 · KJV

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalm 98:9 · KJV

Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Proverbs 8:31 · KJV

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Isaiah 13:11 · KJV

And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Isaiah 14:17 · KJV

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Isaiah 14:21 · KJV

Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

Isaiah 18:3 · KJV

All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

Isaiah 24:4 · KJV

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

Isaiah 26:9 · KJV

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Isaiah 26:18 · KJV

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Isaiah 27:6 · KJV

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

Isaiah 34:1 · KJV

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

Jeremiah 10:12 · KJV

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

Jeremiah 51:15 · KJV

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

Lamentations 4:12 · KJV

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

Nahum 1:5 · KJV

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8398 mean?

H8398 is the Hebrew word תֵּבֵל (têbêl), meaning the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine.

How is H8398 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it world (27 times), thereof the world (2 times), thine as for the world (1 time), himself the world (1 time), habitable part (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8398 appear in the Bible?

תֵּבֵל (têbêl) is tagged in 33 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8398 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H2986 (יָבַל).

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