Quick Definition
world
Strong's Definition
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
Derivation: from H2986 (יָבַל);
KJV Usage: habitable part, world.
TWOT Reference: 835h
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תֵּבֵל (te.vel) — world. world
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · יבל
Land | ≈ אֶרֶץ
earth, world primarily used in poetry: = the earth as opposed to the sky, with special focus on the area that is inhabited by humans
1SA 2:8 · 2SA 22:16 · 1CH 16:30 · JOB 18:18 · JOB 34:13 · JOB 37:12 · PSA 9:9 · PSA 18:16 · PSA 19:5 · PSA 24:1 · PSA 33:8 · PSA 50:12 · PSA 77:19 · PSA 89:12 · PSA 90:2 · PSA 93:1 · PSA 96:10 · PSA 96:13 · PSA 97:4 · PSA 98:7 · PSA 98:9 · PRO 8:26 · PRO 8:31 · ISA 13:11 · ISA 14:17 · ISA 14:21 · ISA 18:3 · ISA 24:4 · ISA 26:9 · ISA 26:18 · ISA 27:6 · ISA 34:1 · JER 10:12 · JER 51:15 · LAM 4:12 · NAM 1:5
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תֵּבֵל n.f. world (perh. orig. as productive) base