Ṭabbâch — H2876

Definition

masculine noun

properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)

1. executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman
1. cook (who also killed the animal for food)
2. guardsmen, bodyguard

Usually translated as

guard, cook

Origin

from H2873

• Derived from Ṭâbach (H2873)

Occurrences

Ṭabbâch occurs 32 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Kings (7), Jeremiah (17)

• Genesis 37:36 — And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard (הַטַּבָּחִֽים).
• Genesis 39:1 — And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard (הַטַּבָּחִים֙), an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
• Genesis 40:3 — And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard (הַטַבָּחִ֖ים), into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
• Genesis 40:4 — And the captain of the guard (הַטַּבָּחִ֧ים) charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
• Genesis 41:10 — Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s (הַטַּבָּחִ֔ים) house, both me and the chief baker:
• Genesis 41:12 — And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard (הַטַּבָּחִ֔ים); 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 — And Samuel said unto the cook (לַטַּבָּ֔ח), Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
• 1 Samuel 9:24 — And the cook (הַ֠טַּבָּח) 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 — And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֛ים), a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
• 2 Kings 25:10 — And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִֽים), brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
• 2 Kings 25:11 — 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 Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִֽים) carry away.
• 2 Kings 25:12 — But the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֑ים) left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
• 2 Kings 25:15 — 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 (טַבָּחִֽים) took away.
• 2 Kings 25:18 — And the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֗ים) took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
• 2 Kings 25:20 — And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֑ים) took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
• Jeremiah 39:9 — Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֖ים) 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 — But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֖ים) 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 — Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֖ים), saying,
• Jeremiah 39:13 — So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֗ים) sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;
• Jeremiah 40:1 — The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֖ים) 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 — And the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֖ים) took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
• Jeremiah 40:5 — 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 (טַבָּחִ֛ים) gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
• Jeremiah 41:10 — 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 Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֔ים) 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 — Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֔ים) 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 — Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֔ים), which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
• Jeremiah 52:14 — And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִֽים), brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
• Jeremiah 52:15 — Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִֽים) 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 — But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֑ים) left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
• Jeremiah 52:19 — 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 (טַבָּחִֽים) away.
• Jeremiah 52:24 — And the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֗ים) took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
• Jeremiah 52:26 — So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֑ים) took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
• Jeremiah 52:30 — In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard (טַבָּחִ֔ים) carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.