טַבָּח (ṭabbāḥ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning cook. It appears
32 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2876).
Also rendered
guard
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 786c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 786c)cook, guardsman; butcher, lifeguardsman; guard
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
טַבָּחnoun, masculine: cook, guardsman
Strong's H2876טַבָּח: properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food) KJV:cook, guard.
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: טָבַחṭābaḥ — slaughter, butcher, slay; kill