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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #892 - בָּבָה
Transliteration
bâbâh
Phonetics
baw-baw'
Origin
active participle of an unused root meaning to hollow out
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TWOT
196
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- the apple (pupil) of the eye
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
ASV (1)
Zechariah
1
BSB (1)
Zechariah
1
CSB (1)
Zechariah
1
ESV (1)
Zechariah
1
KJV (1)
Zechariah
1
LEB (1)
Zechariah
1
LSB (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (1)
Zechariah
1
NAS (0)
Zechariah
1
NLT (0)
The
did not use
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did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Zechariah
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[בָּבָה] noun feminine only בָּבַת עֵינוֺ Zechariah 2:12 the apple of his eye (Aramaic 
; בָּבָא gate ᵑ7 Esther 5:14; Thes below נבב to which Ges gives sense perforate, hence opening of eye; but compare Arabic 
pupil of eye, perhaps = 
Dozy49 babe, baby, bébé (imitating infant's prattle) i.e. child of the eye; see Hi St, Fl in ChWB i. 419 b; compare אישׁוֺן ?).
; בָּבָא gate ᵑ7 Esther 5:14; Thes below נבב to which Ges gives sense perforate, hence opening of eye; but compare Arabic pupil of eye, perhaps = Dozy49 babe, baby, bébé (imitating infant's prattle) i.e. child of the eye; see Hi St, Fl in ChWB i. 419 b; compare אישׁוֺן ?).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
בָּבָה f. (with Kametz impure), pr. cavity, aperture (from the root נָבַב, for נְבָבָה, נְבָאבָה), hence a gate, Like the Arab. بَابُ. This word is used in Hebrew in one phrase בָּבַת עַיִן “the gate of the eye,” i.e. the pupil, which is really the entrance or gate of the inner eye; Zechariah 2:12. To this accords ܕܥܰܝܢܐܳ ܒܳܒܬܐܳ, Ch. בַּבְתָּא, בָּבָא. I formerly followed another etymology which may also be defended. For בָּבָה may be for בָּאבְאָה i.q. بُوءْبُوءُ a little boy, Syr. ܒܳܒܘܽܣܳܐ (from the onomatop. بابا παππάζειν), and this may be applied to the pupil, in the same manner as אִישׁוֹן, which see.
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List of Word Forms
בְּבָבַ֥ת בבבת bə·ḇā·ḇaṯ bəḇāḇaṯ bevaVat
