The meaning of “טָבְאֵל”

Understanding ṭâbᵉʼêl reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

H2870

Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

טָבְאֵל

Phonetictaw-beh-ale'

Transliterationṭâbᵉʼêl

Grammar Code

N:N-M-P

Noun

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Tabeal, Tabeel. - § Tabeel = "God is good" - Tabeel, the name of a Syrian and of a Persian 1) a man whose son was either in the army of Pekah or the army of Rezin and whom Pekah and Rezin proposed to make king of Israel 2) an officer of the Persian government in Samaria in the reign of Artaxerxes

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

2 total references

Reference	Text
Ezra 4:7	“And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.”
Isaiah 7:6	“Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:”

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Ezra

Book Distribution

Ezra1

Isaiah1

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