תֶּבֶןteben
i.e.
Pronunciation: teh'-ben · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8401
Meanings
straw threshed fine (Exodus 5:16; Genesis 24:25; Exodus 5:10; Jeremiah 23:28; Job 21:28)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 24:25 Yes, we have plenty of straw and feed for the camels, and we have room for guests.”
- Genesis 24:32 So the man went home with Laban, and Laban unloaded the camels, gave him straw for their bedding, fed them, and provided water for the man and the camel drivers to wash their feet.
- Exodus 5:7 “Do not supply any more straw for making bricks. Make the people get it themselves!
- Exodus 5:10 So the slave drivers and foremen went out and told the people: “This is what Pharaoh says: I will not provide any more straw for you.
- Exodus 5:11 Go and get it yourselves. Find it wherever you can. But you must produce just as many bricks as before!”
- Exodus 5:12 So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt in search of stubble to use as straw.
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).