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יַבֶּ֫שֶׁתStrong’s H3007

yabbeshet (yab-be-shet)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Yabbeshet is the Aramaic word usually translated “earth the”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.”
Daniel 2:10 KJV
Meaning
  1. The earth (as a planet)
  2. Dry land
How it's translated
  • earth the 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 1

1 book in all.

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    Aramaic dictionary

    יַבֶּ֫שֶׁת yabbeshet · earth

    1) the earth (as a planet) 2) dry land

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “earth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    EARTH, noun

    erth.

    1. earth in its primary sense, signifies the particles which compose the mass of the globe, but more particularly the particles which form the fine mold on the surface of the globe; or it denotes any indefinite mass or portion of that matter.
    2. In chimistry, the term earth was, till lately, employed to denote a simple elementary body or substance, tasteless, inodorous, uninflammable and infusible.
    3. The terraqueous globe which we inhabit.
    4. The world, as opposed to other scenes of existence.
    All definitions and other forms of “earth”
    1. The inhabitants of the globe.“The whole earth was of one language” Genesis 11:1
    2. Dry land, opposed to the sea.“God called the dry land earth” Genesis 1:10
    3. Country; region; a distinct part of the globe.
    4. The ground; the surface of the earth He fell to the earth The ark was lifted above the earth
    5. In scripture, things on the earth are carnal, sensual, temporary things; opposed to heavenly, spiritual or divine things.
    6. Figuratively, a low condition. Revelation 12:4
    7. [from ear, Latin aro, to plow.] The act of turning up the ground in tillage. [Not used.]

    EARTH, verb transitive

    To hide in the earth

    1. To cover with earth or mold.

    EARTH, verb intransitive

    To retire under ground; to burrow. Here foxes earthed.

      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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.