Quick Definition
to sink
Strong's Definition
to sink
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: drown, fasten, settle, sink.
TWOT Reference: 789
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to sink, sink into, sink down, pierce, settle down, drown, be settled, be planted
1a) (Qal) to sink, sink down
1b)(Pual) to be sunk
1c) (Hophal) to cause to sink
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
טָבַע (ta.va) — to sink. 1) to sink, sink into, sink down, pierce, settle down, drown, be settled, be planted 1a) (Qal) to sink, sink down 1b)(Pual) to be sunk 1c) (Hophal) to cause to sink
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
טָבַע vb. sink, sink down Qal sink, sink down, intrans.
Pu. be sunk
Hiph. be sunk; of pedestals of the earth, as settled, planted
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