2876 - tabbach

Strong's Concordance

Original word: טַבָּח
Transliteration: tabbach
Definition (short): bodyguard
Definition (full): a butcher, a lifeguardsman, a cook

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from tabach
Definition: cook, guardsman
NASB Translation: bodyguard (16), cook (2), guard (14).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From tabach; properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food) -- cook, guard.

see HEBREW tabach

KJV: And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
NASB: Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer, the captain of the bodyguard.
KJV: And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
NASB: Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.
KJV: And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
NASB: So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.
KJV: And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
NASB: The captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement for some time.
KJV: Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
NASB: "Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, both me and the chief baker.
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