Hebrew word study

תֵּבֵלtêbêl — the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited)

Pronounced “tay-bale'”

the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine

Translated in the King James as: habitable part, world.

Appears 36 times in Scripture

Origin: from H2986 (יָבַל);

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Where it appears

1 Samuel — 1×

1 Sam 2:8

2 Samuel — 1×

2 Sam 22:16

1 Chronicles — 1×

1 Chr 16:30

Job — 3×

Job 18:18 Job 34:13 Job 37:12

Psalms — 15×

Psalms 9:8 Psalms 18:15 Psalms 19:4 Psalms 24:1 Psalms 33:8 Psalms 50:12 Psalms 77:18 Psalms 89:11 Psalms 90:2 Psalms 93:1 Psalms 96:10 Psalms 96:13 Psalms 97:4 Psalms 98:7 Psalms 98:9

Proverbs — 2×

Proverbs 8:26 Proverbs 8:31

Isaiah — 9×

Isaiah 13:11 Isaiah 14:17 Isaiah 14:21 Isaiah 18:3 Isaiah 24:4 Isaiah 26:9 Isaiah 26:18 Isaiah 27:6 Isaiah 34:1

Jeremiah — 2×

Jeremiah 10:12 Jeremiah 51:15

Lamentations — 1×

Lam 4:12

Nahum — 1×

Nahum 1:5

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