The meaning of “תֵּבֵל”
Understanding têbêl reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
habitable part, world. - the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited) - by extension, the globe - by implication, its in...
תֵּבֵל
habitable part, world. - the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited) - by extension, the globe - by implication, its inhabitants - specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine 1) world
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Samuel 2:8 | “He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.” Word: תֵּבֵל (têbêl) | |
| 1 Chronicles 16:30 | “Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.” Word: תֵּבֵל (têbêl) | |
| Psalms 89:11 | “The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.” Word: תֵּבֵל (têbêl) | |
| Isaiah 24:4 | “The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.” Word: תֵּבֵל (têbêl) | |
| Lamentations 4:12 | “The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.” Word: תֵּבֵל (têbêl) |