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Strong's H2876 טַבָּח (tabbach)

Tabbach means “cook” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2876 — korax (“raven”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2876
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 32
Books 4

Strong's H2876 Quick Answer

Strong's H2876 טַּבָּח (tabbach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tabbach (tab-bawkh') n-m. 1. (properly) a butcher 2. (hence) a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner) It has 32 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include cook and also. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
tabbach (tab-bawkh') n-m. 1. (properly) a butcher 2. (hence) a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner)
Usage
32 linked usages
Books
4 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
cook and also

Meaning and Definition

tabbach (tab-bawkh') n-m. 1. (properly) a butcher 2. (hence) a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner) 3. also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food) [from H2873] KJV: cook, guard. Root(s): H2873

Original Word
טַּבָּח
Transliteration
tabbach
Derivation
Root: טבח First root strongs: 2873
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2876. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

guard

Usage: 1) executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman 1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food) 1b) guardsmen, bodyguard Aramaic equivalent: tab.bach (טַבָּח "guardsman" H2877)

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How Strong's H2876 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tabbach, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H2876 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 32 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2876 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2876 in the Old Testament

32 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 37:36 KJV

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

Genesis 39:1 KJV

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

Genesis 40:3 KJV

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

Usage Excerpts

First 32 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2876.

Genesis 37:36 Old Testament, KJV
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
Genesis 39:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
Genesis 40:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
Genesis 40:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
Genesis 41:10 Old Testament, KJV
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
Genesis 41:12 Old Testament, KJV
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
1 Samuel 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
1 Samuel 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
2 Kings 25:8 Old Testament, KJV
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
2 Kings 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
2 Kings 25:11 Old Testament, KJV
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
2 Kings 25:12 Old Testament, KJV
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
2 Kings 25:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
2 Kings 25:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
2 Kings 25:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
Jeremiah 39:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
Jeremiah 39:10 Old Testament, KJV
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Jeremiah 39:11 Old Testament, KJV
Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
Jeremiah 39:13 Old Testament, KJV
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;
Jeremiah 40:1 Old Testament, KJV
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
Jeremiah 40:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
Jeremiah 40:5 Old Testament, KJV
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
Jeremiah 41:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
Jeremiah 43:6 Old Testament, KJV
Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Jeremiah 52:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
Jeremiah 52:14 Old Testament, KJV
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Jeremiah 52:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
Jeremiah 52:16 Old Testament, KJV
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Jeremiah 52:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
Jeremiah 52:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
Jeremiah 52:26 Old Testament, KJV
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
Jeremiah 52:30 Old Testament, KJV
In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2876, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 7 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 17 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2876 FAQ

What does tabbach (טַבָּח) mean?

Tabbach (Strong's H2876) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "cook". tabbach (tab-bawkh') n-m. 1. (properly) a butcher 2. (hence) a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner)

How many times is tabbach (טַבָּח) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 32 linked usages for Strong's H2876 across 4 books.

Where can I study tabbach (טַבָּח) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2876 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate tabbach (טַבָּח)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cook and also. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.