Word Study · Strong's H8422 · Hebrew
תּוּבַל
Tubal
too-bal'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tûwbal
“Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterity”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterity
Rendered in the KJV as
Tubal.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וְתֻבָ֑ל3
- וְתֻבָֽל׃2
- תֻּבַל֙2
- תֻּבַ֣ל1
How it is rendered · 2
- and Tubal5
- Tubal3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Npl · 3
- HNpl · 3
- HC/Npm · 2
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis1 occurrence
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 27:13תֻּבַל֙tuvalproper noun (a name)Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.here: Tubal
- Ezekiel 32:26תֻּבַל֙tuvalproper noun (a name)Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.here: Tubal
- Ezekiel 38:2וְתֻבָ֑לvetuvalconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against himhere: and Tubal
- Ezekiel 38:3וְתֻבָֽל׃vetuvalconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.here: and Tubal
- Ezekiel 39:1וְתֻבָֽל׃vetuvalconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.here: and Tubal