King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2870
Transliteration: tab'el
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-beh-ale')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "good for nothing", an Aramean (Syrian)
Meaning: Tabeal -- "good for nothing", an Aramean (Syrian)
Word Summary
tab'el: "good for nothing", an Aramean (Syrian)
Original Word: טֱבְאֵלTransliteration: tab'el
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-beh-ale')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "good for nothing", an Aramean (Syrian)
Meaning: Tabeal -- "good for nothing", an Aramean (Syrian)
Strong's Concordance
Tabeal, Tabeel From towb and 'el; pleasing (to) God; Tabeel, the name of a Syrian and of a Persian -- Tabeal, Tabeel.
see HEBREW towb
see HEBREW 'el
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2870. tab
'el טָֽבְאֵל proper name, masculine (Aramaic; = God is good, see טוֺב; according to Wkl (see below) God is wise, compare Aramaic , Ethiopic be wise; Arabic act as physician, expert) — Persian officer in Samaria Ezra 4:7, ᵐ5 Ταβεηλ.
טָֽבְאַ֑ל proper name, masculine (apparently pointed to mean good-for-nothing (אַל as negative) see De Di Du StaGesch i. 590, originally טָֽבְאֵל; Ol§ 91 d Köii, 537 and others think אַ֑ל- simply pausal form) — Aramean, whose son Pekah and Resin proposed to make king of Jerusalem in place of Ahaz; only בֶּןטָֽֿבְאַ֑ל Isaiah 7:6 (WklAlttest. Untersuch. 1892. 74 identification with Resin, comparing טַבְרִמֹּן father of Benhadad).