טֶבַח
ṭebaḥ
slaughtering
Strong's H2874NounHebrewTWOT 786a

טֶבַח (ṭebaḥ) is a Hebrew noun meaning slaughtering. It appears 12 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2874).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 786a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 786a)slaughtering, slaughter; beast, meat, butchery
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

טֶ֫בַח noun, masculine: slaughtering, slaughter

Strong's H2874 טֶבַח: properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)
KJV:× beast, slaughter, × slay, × sore.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 786: טָבַח ṭābaḥ — slaughter, butcher, slay; kill

See it in Scripture

Genesis 43:16Proverbs 7:22Isaiah 34:2

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