# טַבָּח (tabach)

Israeli respelling: ta-bach. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2876. 32 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: cook, guard.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tabach-h2876

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 37:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/36) — And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
- [Genesis 39:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/39/1) — 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 th…
- [Genesis 40:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/40/3) — And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- [Genesis 40:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/40/4) — And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
- [Genesis 41:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/10) — 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:
- [Genesis 41:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/12) — And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our drea…
- [1 Samuel 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/23) — And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
- [1 Samuel 9:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/24) — And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it b…
- [2 Kings 25:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/8) — And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzara…
- [2 Kings 25:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/10) — And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
- [2 Kings 25:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/11) — Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the mul…
- [2 Kings 25:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/12) — But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
- [2 Kings 25:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/15) — And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
- [2 Kings 25:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/18) — And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
- [2 Kings 25:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/20) — And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
- [Jeremiah 39:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/39/9) — Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those…
- [Jeremiah 39:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/39/10) — But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards a…
- [Jeremiah 39:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/39/11) — Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
- [Jeremiah 39:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/39/13) — So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;
- [Jeremiah 40:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40/1) — The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken…
- [Jeremiah 40:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40/2) — And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
- [Jeremiah 40:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40/5) — Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath m…
- [Jeremiah 41:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/10) — Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that rem…
- [Jeremiah 43:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/43/6) — Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedal…
- [Jeremiah 52:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/12) — Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, c…
- [Jeremiah 52:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/14) — And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
- [Jeremiah 52:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/15) — Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remain…
- [Jeremiah 52:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/16) — But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
- [Jeremiah 52:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/19) — And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of go…
- [Jeremiah 52:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/24) — And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
- [Jeremiah 52:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/26) — So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
- [Jeremiah 52:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/30) — In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty…