Strong's H8398 · Hebrew
תֵּבֵל
têbêl · /tay-bale'/
Definition
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
KJV: habitable part, world.
Root / derivation: from H2986 (יָבַל);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered תֵּבֵל across 36 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
36 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
1 Chronicles1 verse
Job3 verses
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He: Heb. They shall drive him
Job 34:13Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? the whole: Heb. all of it?
Job 37:12And 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.
Psalms15 verses
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Psalms 18:15Then 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.
Psalms 19:4Their 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, line: or, rule, or, direction
Psalms 24:1A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Psalms 33:8Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Psalms 77:18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Psalms 89:11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. the fulness: or, all it containeth
Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Psalms 93:1The 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.
Psalms 96:10Say 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.
Psalms 96:13Before 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.
Psalms 97:4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
Psalms 98:7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. the fulness: or, all it containeth
Psalms 98:9Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Proverbs2 verses
Isaiah9 verses
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 14:17That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? opened: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward?
Isaiah 14:21Prepare 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 18:3All 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 24:4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. the haughty: Heb. the height of the people
Isaiah 26:9With 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 26:18We 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 27:6He 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 34:1Come 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. all that: Heb. the fulness thereof
Jeremiah2 verses
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 51:15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H8398 (têbêl) mean?
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
How many times does H8398 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H8398 (תֵּבֵל) appears in 36 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “world.”
How is têbêl translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H8398 is rendered as “world” (35×), “part” (1×).
Where does the Hebrew word תֵּבֵל come from?
from H2986 (יָבַל);