Word Study · Strong's H8397 · Hebrew
תֶּבֶל
tebel
teh'-bel
“mixture, i.e. unnatural bestiality”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
mixture, i.e. unnatural bestiality
Rendered in the KJV as
confusion.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- תֶּ֥בֶל2
How it is rendered · 2
- [is] confusion1
- confusion1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · masculine singular2
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- HNcmsa · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 18:23תֶּ֥בֶלtevelnoun · masculine singularYou must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.here: [is] confusion
- Leviticus 20:12תֶּ֥בֶלtevelnoun · masculine singularIf a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.here: confusion