Strong's Hebrew: 8392. תֵּבָה (tebah) -- Ark, Basket

Strong's Lexicon

tebah: Ark, Basket

Original Word: תֵּבָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: tebah
Pronunciation: tay-VAH
Phonetic Spelling: (tay-baw')
Definition: Ark, Basket
Meaning: a box

Word Origin: Of uncertain derivation

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent for "ark" in the context of Noah's ark is κιβωτός (kibotos), Strong's Greek 2787, used in the New Testament in passages like Hebrews 11:7 and 1 Peter 3:20.

Usage: The Hebrew word "tebah" is used in the Bible to refer to a large vessel or container. It is most notably used to describe two specific objects: the ark built by Noah to preserve life during the Flood and the basket in which the infant Moses was placed to save him from Pharaoh's decree. In both instances, "tebah" signifies a means of divine preservation and deliverance.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near Eastern context, the concept of an ark or large vessel was not unique to the Hebrew Scriptures. Other cultures had flood narratives with similar vessels. However, the biblical account emphasizes the ark as a divinely instructed means of salvation. The ark of Noah is described in Genesis as a massive structure made of gopher wood, sealed with pitch, and designed to house Noah's family and pairs of every living creature. The basket of Moses, also sealed with pitch, reflects a smaller scale but equally significant act of divine protection and providence.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
probably of foreign origin
Definition
a box, chest
NASB Translation
ark (26), basket (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

תֵּבָה noun feminine ark (properly chest, box (compare Late Hebrew תֵּבָה); probably Egyptian loan-word from T-b-t, chest, coffin (Brugsch, Erman^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 123}); > Babylonian word Jen^{ZA iv (1889), 272 f.} Hal^{JAssyr., 1888 {Nov.-Dec.}, 517}); — absolute ׳ת Genesis 7:1 +; construct תֵּבַת Genesis 6:14; Exodus 2:3; — vessel in which infant Moses was laid among reeds Exodus 2:3 (made of papyrus, גֹּמֶא), Exodus 2:5 (both E; ᵐ5 θῖβις, θήβη, compare Lewy^{Fremdw. 100}); vessel which saved Noah and his family, with animals, during flood (ᵐ5 κιβωτός): Genesis 7:1,7,9,17,23; Genesis 8:6,9 (twice in verse); Genesis 8:10,13; Genesis 9:18 (all J), Genesis 6:14 (made of עֲצֵי נֹפֶר), Genesis 6:14; Genesis 6:15; Genesis 6:16; Genesis 6:16; Genesis 6:18; Genesis 6:19; Genesis 7:13,15,18; Genesis 8:1,4,16,19; Genesis 9:10 (all P).

תְּבוּאָה see בוא. תְּבוּנָה, תְּבוּנָם see בין.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

box tree

Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box -- ark.

Forms and Transliterations

בַּתֵּבָ֑ה בַּתֵּבָֽה׃ בתבה בתבה׃ הַתֵּבָ֑ה הַתֵּבָ֔ה הַתֵּבָ֖ה הַתֵּבָֽה׃ הַתֵּבָה֙ התבה התבה׃ לַתֵּבָ֗ה לתבה תֵּ֣בַת תֵּבַ֣ת תבת bat·tê·ḇāh battêḇāh batteVah hat·tê·ḇāh hattêḇāh hatteVah lat·tê·ḇāh lattêḇāh latteVah tê·ḇaṯ têḇaṯ teVat

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Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 6:14
HEB: עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ תֵּבַ֣ת עֲצֵי־ גֹ֔פֶר
NAS: Make for yourself an ark of gopher
KJV: Make thee an ark of gopher wood;
INT: Make an ark wood of gopher

Genesis 6:14
HEB: תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֶת־ הַתֵּבָ֑ה וְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥ אֹתָ֛הּ
NAS: you shall make the ark with rooms,
KJV: in the ark, and shalt pitch
INT: shall make in the ark and shall cover within

Genesis 6:15
HEB: אַמָּ֗ה אֹ֚רֶךְ הַתֵּבָ֔ה חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙
NAS: it: the length of the ark three
KJV: it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three
INT: cubits the length of the ark fifty cubits

Genesis 6:16
HEB: צֹ֣הַר ׀ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה לַתֵּבָ֗ה וְאֶל־ אַמָּה֙
NAS: a window for the ark, and finish
KJV: shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit
INT: A window shall make the ark to A cubit

Genesis 6:16
HEB: מִלְמַ֔עְלָה וּפֶ֥תַח הַתֵּבָ֖ה בְּצִדָּ֣הּ תָּשִׂ֑ים
NAS: the door of the ark in the side
KJV: and the door of the ark shalt thou set
INT: the top the door of the ark the side and set

Genesis 6:18
HEB: וּבָאתָ֙ אֶל־ הַתֵּבָ֔ה אַתָּ֕ה וּבָנֶ֛יךָ
NAS: with you; and you shall enter the ark-- you and your sons
KJV: into the ark, thou,
INT: shall enter into the ark thou and your sons'

Genesis 6:19
HEB: תָּבִ֥יא אֶל־ הַתֵּבָ֖ה לְהַחֲיֹ֣ת אִתָּ֑ךְ
NAS: of every [kind] into the ark, to keep [them] alive
KJV: of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive
INT: shall bring to the ark to keep for

Genesis 7:1
HEB: בֵּיתְךָ֖ אֶל־ הַתֵּבָ֑ה כִּֽי־ אֹתְךָ֥
NAS: Enter the ark, you and all
KJV: thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen
INT: your household about the ark for have seen

Genesis 7:7
HEB: אִתּ֖וֹ אֶל־ הַתֵּבָ֑ה מִפְּנֵ֖י מֵ֥י
NAS: with him entered the ark because
KJV: wives with him, into the ark, because of
INT: for about the ark of of the water

Genesis 7:9
HEB: נֹ֛חַ אֶל־ הַתֵּבָ֖ה זָכָ֣ר וּנְקֵבָ֑ה
NAS: there went into the ark to Noah
KJV: unto Noah into the ark, the male
INT: Noah into the ark male and female

Genesis 7:13
HEB: אִתָּ֖ם אֶל־ הַתֵּבָֽה׃
NAS: with them, entered the ark,
KJV: of his sons with them, into the ark;
INT: for about the ark

Genesis 7:15
HEB: נֹ֖חַ אֶל־ הַתֵּבָ֑ה שְׁנַ֤יִם שְׁנַ֙יִם֙
NAS: So they went into the ark to Noah,
KJV: unto Noah into the ark, two
INT: Noah into the ark twos twos

Genesis 7:17
HEB: וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־ הַתֵּבָ֔ה וַתָּ֖רָם מֵעַ֥ל
NAS: and lifted up the ark, so that it rose
KJV: and bare up the ark, and it was lift up
INT: and the water and lifted the ark rose and

Genesis 7:18
HEB: הָאָ֑רֶץ וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ הַתֵּבָ֖ה עַל־ פְּנֵ֥י
NAS: upon the earth, and the ark floated
KJV: upon the earth; and the ark went
INT: the earth floated and the ark on the surface

Genesis 7:23
HEB: וַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ בַּתֵּבָֽה׃
NAS: was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.
KJV: [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.
INT: after for the ark

Genesis 8:1
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ בַּתֵּבָ֑ה וַיַּעֲבֵ֨ר אֱלֹהִ֥ים
NAS: the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God
KJV: and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God
INT: after in the ark to pass and God

Genesis 8:4
HEB: וַתָּ֤נַח הַתֵּבָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י
NAS: of the month, the ark rested
KJV: And the ark rested in the seventh
INT: rested the ark month the seventh

Genesis 8:6
HEB: אֶת־ חַלּ֥וֹן הַתֵּבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃
NAS: the window of the ark which
KJV: the window of the ark which he had made:
INT: Noah the window of the ark which had made

Genesis 8:9
HEB: אֵלָיו֙ אֶל־ הַתֵּבָ֔ה כִּי־ מַ֖יִם
NAS: so she returned to him into the ark, for the water
KJV: and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters
INT: about to him the ark for the water

Genesis 8:9
HEB: אֵלָ֖יו אֶל־ הַתֵּבָֽה׃
NAS: her, and brought her into the ark to himself.
KJV: and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
INT: about about the ark

Genesis 8:10
HEB: הַיּוֹנָ֖ה מִן־ הַתֵּבָֽה׃
NAS: he sent out the dove from the ark.
KJV: he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
INT: the dove from the ark

Genesis 8:13
HEB: אֶת־ מִכְסֵ֣ה הַתֵּבָ֔ה וַיַּ֕רְא וְהִנֵּ֥ה
NAS: the covering of the ark, and looked,
KJV: the covering of the ark, and looked,
INT: Noah the covering of the ark and looked and behold

Genesis 8:16
HEB: צֵ֖א מִן־ הַתֵּבָ֑ה אַתָּ֕ה וְאִשְׁתְּךָ֛
NAS: Go out of the ark, you and your wife
KJV: Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife,
INT: Go out of the ark you and your wife

Genesis 8:19
HEB: יָצְא֖וּ מִן־ הַתֵּבָֽה׃
NAS: out by their families from the ark.
KJV: went forth out of the ark.
INT: went from the ark

Genesis 9:10
HEB: מִכֹּל֙ יֹצְאֵ֣י הַתֵּבָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל חַיַּ֥ת
NAS: that comes out of the ark, even every
KJV: with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast
INT: of all comes of the ark every living