H2876 - טַבָּח (ṭabbâch)

H2876 טַבָּח (ṭabbâch) tab-bawkh'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

guard

Strong's Definition

properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)

Derivation: from H2873 (טָבַח);

KJV Usage: cook, guard.

TWOT Reference: 786c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman

1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food)

1b) guardsmen, bodyguard

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman 1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food) 1b) guardsmen, bodyguard Aramaic equivalent: tab.bach (טַבָּח "guardsman" H2877)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

טַבָּח ṭabbâch BDB Definition: 1) executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman 1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food) 1b) guardsmen, bodyguard Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2873 Same Word by TWOT Number: 786c Total KJV Occurrences: 33

Bible Occurrences (32)

37:36 39:1 40:3 40:4 41:10 41:12

9:23 9:24

25:8 25:10 25:11 25:12 25:15 25:18 25:20

39:9 39:10 39:11 39:13 40:1 40:2 40:5 41:10 43:6 52:12 52:14 52:15 52:16 52:19 52:24 52:26 52:30

Genesis 37:36

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold [Joseph] in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh [and] captain of the guard.

Genesis 39:1

Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard,... bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

Genesis 40:3

and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison......... where Joseph was confined....

Genesis 40:4

The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

Genesis 41:10

Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody... of the captain of the guard.

Genesis 41:12

Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him [our dreams] and he interpreted [them] for us individually.......

1 Samuel 9:23

And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion I gave you and told... you to set aside.”

1 Samuel 9:24

So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set [it] before Saul. Then Samuel said, Here is what was kept back. [It] was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, I have invited the people. So Saul dined with Samuel that day.