What does רַב · טַבָּח mean in the Bible?
רַב · טַבָּח is a Hebrew phrase meaning "chief of the guard, commander of executioners/bodyguard".
Hebrew · H7227, H2876
רַב־טַבָּחִים
Abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) · properly, a butcher ; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
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רַב H7227 abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
Pronunciation rabbim
Abundance across multiple dimensions (quantity, quality, rank, time); often implies authority or leadership capacity.
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טַבָּח H2876 properly, a butcher ; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
Pronunciation ṭabāḥ
One who kills animals for sustenance or executes for rulers; blurs duty and violence
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What does רַב־טַבָּחִים (rav-tabbachim) mean in the Bible?
רַב · טַבָּח is a Hebrew phrase meaning "chief of the guard, commander of executioners/bodyguard".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7227, H2876?
H7227, H2876 is connected to 493 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. chief of the guard, commander of executioners/bodyguard
Source Gloss
chief of the guard, commander of executioners/bodyguard
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 389
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 2×
Perfect Deut 33:7 · Gen 18:20 2×
Word Origins
רַב־טַבָּחִים is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain