2908. tevath
Strong's Lexicon
tevath: Ark, Basket

Original Word: טְוָת
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: tvath
Pronunciation: tay-vath
Phonetic Spelling: (tev-awth')
Definition: Ark, Basket
Meaning: hunger

Word Origin: Derived from the root תֵּבָה (tevah), meaning "ark" or "box."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2787 (kibotos): Used in the New Testament to refer to Noah's Ark (Hebrews 11:7) and the Ark of the Covenant (Hebrews 9:4).

Usage: The Hebrew word "tevath" is used to describe a vessel or container, specifically an ark or basket. It is most famously used in the context of Noah's Ark and the basket in which the infant Moses was placed.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of an "ark" or "tevath" was significant as it symbolized divine protection and deliverance. The ark of Noah was a large vessel that preserved Noah, his family, and pairs of every kind of animal from the floodwaters, as described in Genesis. Similarly, the basket (tevath) that carried Moses down the Nile River was a means of divine preservation, ensuring his survival and eventual role as the deliverer of the Israelites from Egypt.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to tavah
Definition
hungrily
NASB Translation
fasting (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
טְוָת adverb fastingly, hungrily (Syriac id.; PS1465; on etymology compare SchulthHom. Wurz. 32 f.; on adverb force of f. term. תָ֯, see Nö§ 155 A, M 201 WCG 135; and compare רַבַּת Psalm 124:3); — Daniel 6:18.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
fasting

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to tavah; hunger (as twisting) -- fasting.

see HEBREW tavah

Forms and Transliterations
טְוָ֔ת טות ṭə·wāṯ teVat ṭəwāṯ
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Englishman's Concordance
Daniel 6:18
HEB: לְהֵֽיכְלֵהּ֙ וּבָ֣ת טְוָ֔ת וְדַחֲוָ֖ן לָא־
NAS: and spent the night fasting, and no
KJV: and passed the night fasting: neither
INT: to his palace the night fasting entertainment and no

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Strong's Hebrew 2908
1 Occurrence


ṭə·wāṯ — 1 Occ.















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