World
תֵּבֵלStrong’s H8398tevel (te-vel)
Appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tevel is the Hebrew word usually translated “world”, “from world” and “world of”. It appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament.
“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.”
Meaning
- World
How it's translated
- world 32
- and world 2
- and from world 1
- in world of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 15
- Isaiah 9
- Job 3
- Proverbs 2
- Jeremiah 2
- 1 Samuel 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 22:16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
- 1 Chronicles 16:30Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
- Job 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
- Job 34:13Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
- Job 37:12And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
- Psalms 9:8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Hebrew dictionary
תֵּבֵל tevel · world
world
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “world” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WORLD, noun
[This seems to be a compound word, and probably is named from roundness, the vault; but this is not certain.]
- The universe; the whole system of created globes or vast bodies of matter.
- The earth; the terraqueous globe; sometimes called the lower world
- The heavens; as when we speak of the heavenly world or upper world
- System of beings; or the orbs which occupy space, and all the beings which inhabit them. Hebrews 11:7“God--hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things; by whom also he made the worlds” Hebrews 1:2
All definitions
- Present state of existence; as while we are in the world“Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world” Psalms 73:12
- A secular life.
- Public life, or society; as banished from the world
- Business or trouble of life.
- A great multitude or quantity; as a world of business; a world of charms.
- Mankind; people in general; in an indefinite sense.
- Course of life.
- Universal empire.
- The customs and manners of men; the practice of life.
- All the world contains.
- The principal nations or countries of the earth.
- The Roman empire.
- A large tract of country; a wide compass of things.
- The inhabitants of the earth; the whole human race. John 3:16
- The carnal state or corruption of the earth; as the present evil world; the course of this world Galatians 1:4Ephesians 2:2
- The ungodly part of the world“I pray not for the world but for them that thou hast given men” John 17:9
- Time; as in the phrase, world without end.
- A collection of wonders. [Not in use.]
- Exactly. [Little used.]
- For any consideration.
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.