Ring
טַבַּ֫עַתStrong’s H2885tabbaat (tab-ba-at)
Appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tabbaat is the Hebrew word usually translated “rings of”, “rings” and “signet-ring of”. It appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;”
Meaning
- Ring, signet, signet ringsignet ring (as symbol of authority) · ring (as ornament)
How it's translated
- rings of 15
- the rings 8
- rings 5
- in the rings 4
- with signet-ring of 4
- signet-ring his 3
- the ring 2
- rings their 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 30
- Esther 5
- Genesis 1
- Numbers 1
- Isaiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 25:12And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
- Exodus 25:14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
- Exodus 25:15The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
- Exodus 25:26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
- Exodus 25:27Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
- Exodus 26:24And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
Hebrew dictionary
טַבַּ֫עַת tabbaat · ring
1) ring, signet, signet ring 1a) signet ring (as symbol of authority) 1b) ring (as ornament)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ring” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RING, noun
- A circle, or a circular line, or any thing in the form of a circular line or hoop. Exodus 25:12
- A circular course.
All definitions and other forms of “ring”
RING, noun
[from the verb.]
- A sound; particularly, the sound of metals; as the ring of a bell.
- Any loud sound, or the sounds of numerous voices; or sound continued, repeated or reverberated; as the ring of acclamations.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
RING, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive rung.
RING, verb transitive
[from the noun.
- To encircle.
- To fit with rings, as the fingers, or as a swine's snout.
RING, verb intransitive
- To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.
- To practice the art of making music with bells.
- To sound; to resound.
- To utter, as a bell; to sound.
- To tinkle; to have the sensation of sound continued.
- To be filled with report or talk.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.