BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2884
tab.ba.ot — Tabbaoth
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.43 § Tabbaoth = "rings" a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Impressions; rings, “the children of,” returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:43).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
