Strong's H8392 · Hebrew
תֵּבָה
têbâh · /tay-baw'/
Definition
a box
KJV: ark.
Root / derivation: perhaps of foreign derivation;
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered תֵּבָה across 25 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
25 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis23 verses
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. rooms: Heb. nests
Genesis 6:15And 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 6:16A 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 6:18But 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 6:19And 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 7:1And 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 7:7And 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 7:9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:13In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Genesis 7:15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Genesis 7:17And 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 7:18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Genesis 8:1And 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 8:4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 8:6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
Genesis 8:9But 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. pulled: Heb. caused her to come
Genesis 8:10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Genesis 8:13And 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 8:16Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Genesis 8:19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. kinds: Heb. families
Genesis 9:10And 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 9:18And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. Canaan: Heb. Chenaan
Exodus2 verses
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 2:5And 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H8392 (têbâh) mean?
a box
How many times does H8392 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H8392 (תֵּבָה) appears in 25 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “ark.”
How is têbâh translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H8392 is rendered as “ark” (28×).
Where does the Hebrew word תֵּבָה come from?
perhaps of foreign derivation;