Strong Hebrew #2883 - טָבַע taba (to sink)
Original Word: | טָבַע |
Transliteration: | taba |
Definition: | to sink, sink down |
Part of Speech: | Verb |
Phonetic Spelling: | (taw-bah') |
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
drown, fasten, settle, sink
A primitive root; to sink -- drown, fasten, settle, sink.
Englishman's Concordance
1) to sink, sink into, sink down, pierce, settle down, drown, be settled, be planted
1a) (Qal) to sink, sink down
1b) (Pual) to be sunk
1c) (Hophal) to cause to sink
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 789
Brown-Driver-Briggs
טָבַעverbsink, sink down (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic

,
טְבַע; Phoenician
טבעcoin; Assyrian
‰êbû,
sink in,
‰abbî°u,
diver (water-fowl) etc., see Muss-Arn
JBL xi, 1892, 170 Dl
HWB; Arabic
seal, stamp, imprint; Ethiopic
dip) —
QalPerfectטָבַעְתִּיPsalm 69:3; טָֽבְעוּPsalm 9:16; Lamentations 2:9; ImperfectוַיִּטְבַּעJeremiah 38:6; וַתִּטְבַּע1 Samuel 17:49; אֶטְבָּ֑עָהPsalm 69:15; — sink, sink down, intransitive, with בְּ; 1 Samuel 17:49 (stone into Goliath's forehead); Jeremiah 38:6 (Jeremiah in mire of dungeon); Lamentations 2:9 (gates of Jerusalem into ground); metaphor of distress; Psalm 69:3בִיוֵן מְצוּלָה׳ט; Psalm 69:15 ("" הצילני מִטִּיט); nations into the pit (בַּשַּׁחַת) Psalm 9:16.
Pu`alPerfectטֻבְּעוּbe sunkExodus 15:4 (poem) of Egyptians drowned בְּיַםסֿוּף.
Hiph`ilPerfectהָטְבְּעוּbe sunkבַּבֹּץin the mire, of feet, metaphor of entanglements and difficulties Jeremiah 38:22; הָטְבָּ֑עוּ, of pedestals (אֲדָנִים) of the earth, as settled, plantedעַלJob 38:6 ("" ירה מִּנָּה); absolute of mountains Proverbs 8:25.
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 2883. טָבַע (taba) — 10 Occurrences
Exodus 15:4
HEB:וּמִבְחַ֥ר שָֽׁלִשָׁ֖יו טֻבְּע֥וּ בְיַם־ סֽוּף׃
NAS: of his officers are drowned in the Red
KJV: captains also are drowned in the Red
INT: and the choicest of his officers are drowned Sea the Red
1 Samuel 17:49
HEB:אֶל־ מִצְח֑וֹ וַתִּטְבַּ֤ע הָאֶ֙בֶן֙ בְּמִצְח֔וֹ
NAS: And the stone sank into his forehead,
KJV: that the stone sunk into his forehead;
INT: on his forehead sank and the stone his forehead
Job 38:6
HEB:מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־
NAS: On what were its bases sunk? Or who
KJV: Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid
INT: what bases fastened and who
Psalm 9:15
HEB: טָבְע֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם בְּשַׁ֣חַת
NAS: The nations have sunk down in the pit
KJV: The heathen are sunk down in the pit
INT:have sunk the nations the pit
Psalm 69:2
HEB: טָבַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בִּיוֵ֣ן מְ֭צוּלָה
NAS:I have sunk in deep mire,
KJV:I sink in deep mire,
INT:have sunk mire deep
Psalm 69:14
HEB:מִ֭טִּיט וְאַל־ אֶטְבָּ֑עָה אִנָּצְלָ֥ה מִ֝שֹּֽׂנְאַ֗י
NAS: me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered
KJV: me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered
INT: the mire not sink may I be delivered my foes
Proverbs 8:25
HEB:בְּטֶ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים הָטְבָּ֑עוּ לִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת
NAS: the mountains were settled, Before
KJV: Before the mountains were settled, before
INT: Before the mountains were settled Before the hills
Jeremiah 38:6
HEB:אִם־ טִ֔יט וַיִּטְבַּ֥ע יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ בַּטִּֽיט׃
NAS: mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
KJV: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
INT: only mud sank and Jeremiah the mud
Jeremiah 38:22
HEB:אַנְשֵׁ֣י שְׁלֹמֶ֔ךָ הָטְבְּע֥וּ בַבֹּ֛ץ רַגְלֶ֖ךָ
NAS: you; While your feet were sunk in the mire,
KJV: against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire,
INT: he your close were sunk the mire your feet
Lamentations 2:9
HEB: טָבְע֤וּ בָאָ֙רֶץ֙ שְׁעָרֶ֔יהָ
NAS: Her gates have sunk into the ground,
KJV: Her gates are sunk into the ground;
INT:have sunk the ground her gates