טַבָּחṭabbâch

טַבָּח: 1.

Pronunciation: tab-bawkh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2876

Meanings

cook

2. guardsman

1. cook (1 Samuel 9:23; 1 Samuel 9:24)

2. guardsmen, bodyguard (Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1; Genesis 40:3)

: guardsman (Daniel 2:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 32 times in the Bible.

Genesis 37:36 Meanwhile, the Midianite traders arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.
Genesis 39:1 When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
Genesis 40:3 and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.
Genesis 40:4 They remained in prison for quite some time, and the captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, who looked after them.
Genesis 41:10 “Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard.
Genesis 41:12 There was a young Hebrew man with us in the prison who was a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he told us what each of our dreams meant.

See every passage

Genesis 37:36, 39:1, 40:3, 40:4, 41:10, 41:12
1 Samuel 9:23, 9:24
2 Kings 25:8, 25:10, 25:11, 25:12, 25:15, 25:18, 25:20
Jeremiah 39:9, 39:10, 39:11, 39:13, 40:1, 40:2, 40:5, 41:10, 43:6, 52:12, 52:14, 52:15, 52:16, 52:19, 52:24, 52:26, 52:30

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).