Word Study · Strong's H8392 · Hebrew
תֵּבָה
tebah
tay-baw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: têbâh
“a box”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a box
Rendered in the KJV as
ark.
- 28occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 28 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- הַתֵּבָ֔ה7
- הַתֵּבָ֑ה5
- הַתֵּבָ֖ה5
- הַתֵּבָֽה׃4
- הַתֵּבָה֙2
- בַּתֵּבָ֑ה1
- בַּתֵּבָֽה׃1
- לַתֵּבָ֗ה1
- תֵּבַ֣ת1
- תֵּ֣בַת1
How it is rendered · 6
- the ark22
- in the ark2
- a basket of1
- an ark of1
- for the ark1
- the basket1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular23
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfsa · 23
- HRd/Ncfsa · 3
- HNcfsc · 2
All 28, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis26 occurrences
- Genesis 6:14תֵּבַ֣תtevatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.here: an ark of
- Genesis 6:14הַתֵּבָ֑הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularMake for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.here: the ark
- Genesis 6:15הַתֵּבָ֔הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.here: the ark
- Genesis 6:16לַתֵּבָ֗הlatevahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularYou are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.here: for the ark
- Genesis 6:16הַתֵּבָ֖הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularYou are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.here: the ark
- Genesis 6:18הַתֵּבָ֔הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.here: the ark
- Genesis 6:19הַתֵּבָ֖הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.here: the ark
- Genesis 7:1הַתֵּבָ֑הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.here: the ark
- Genesis 7:7הַתֵּבָ֑הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.here: the ark
- Genesis 7:9הַתֵּבָ֖הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularcame to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.here: the ark
- Genesis 7:13הַתֵּבָֽה׃hatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOn that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—here: the ark
- Genesis 7:15הַתֵּבָ֑הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThey came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.here: the ark
- Genesis 7:17הַתֵּבָ֔הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularFor forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.here: the ark
- Genesis 7:18הַתֵּבָ֖הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.here: the ark
- Genesis 7:23בַּתֵּבָֽה׃batevahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularAnd every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.here: in the ark
- Genesis 8:1בַּתֵּבָ֑הbatevahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularBut God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.here: in the ark
- Genesis 8:4הַתֵּבָה֙hatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOn the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.here: the ark
- Genesis 8:6הַתֵּבָ֖הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAfter forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the arkhere: the ark
- Genesis 8:9הַתֵּבָ֔הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.here: the ark
- Genesis 8:9הַתֵּבָֽה׃hatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.here: the ark
- Genesis 8:10הַתֵּבָֽה׃hatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularNoah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.here: the ark
- Genesis 8:13הַתֵּבָ֔הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularIn Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.here: the ark
- Genesis 8:16הַתֵּבָ֑הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular“Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.here: the ark
- Genesis 8:19הַתֵּבָֽה׃hatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularEvery living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.here: the ark
- Genesis 9:10הַתֵּבָ֔הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularand with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.here: the ark
- Genesis 9:18הַתֵּבָ֔הhatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.here: the ark
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 2:3תֵּ֣בַתtevatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.here: a basket of
- Exodus 2:5הַתֵּבָה֙hatevahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSoon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.here: the basket