Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to dip
Usage: 1) to dip, dip into, plunge 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dip in or into 1a2) to dip oneself 1b) (Niphal) to be dipped
Tabal means “dip” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2881 — korinthios (“Corinthian”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2881 טָּבַל (tabal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tabal (taw-bal') v. 1. to dip, to immerse [a primitive root] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include dip, they, and plunge. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
tabal (taw-bal') v. 1. to dip, to immerse [a primitive root] KJV: dip, plunge.
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to dip
Usage: 1) to dip, dip into, plunge 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dip in or into 1a2) to dip oneself 1b) (Niphal) to be dipped
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tabal, 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.
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.
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16 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2881.
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2881, grouped by book.
Tabal (Strong's H2881) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "dip". tabal (taw-bal') v. 1. to dip, to immerse [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H2881 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2881 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as dip, they, and plunge. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.