Definition
a primitive root; to sink
Traditional renderings: drown, fasten, settle, sink.
Traditional renderings: drown, fasten, settle, sink.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders טָבַע:
- εἰμίeimi“to be”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
10 total
- Exodus 15:4טֻבְּע֥וּ · are drownedPharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
- 1 Samuel 17:49וַתִּטְבַּ֤ע · sankThen David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
- Job 38:6הָטְבָּ֑עוּ · setOn what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
- Psalm 9:15טָבְע֣וּ · have fallenThe nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalm 69:2טָבַ֤עְתִּי׀ · I have sunkI have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
- Psalm 69:14אֶטְבָּ֑עָה · let me sinkRescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
- Proverbs 8:25הָטְבָּ֑עוּ · were settledBefore the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
- Jeremiah 38:6וַיִּטְבַּ֥ע · sank downSo they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
- Jeremiah 38:22הָטְבְּע֥וּ · sankAll the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
- Lamentations 2:9טָבְע֤וּ · have sunkHer gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.