תֵּבֵל (tēbēl) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning world. It appears
36 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8398).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 835h)
Range of meaning (TWOT 835h)world, productive; earth, moist, globe, inhabitants, land; habitable part
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
תֵּבֵלnoun, feminine: world, productive
Strong's H8398תֵּבֵל: the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine KJV:habitable part, world.
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 835: יָבַלyābal — conduct, bear along; carry away; be borne along, be borne, be led; flow, bring; carry, lead