tabnît (תַּבְנִית) — Hebrew word meaning “construction”

תַּבְנִית

tabnît

construction

Strong's H8403NounHebrewTWOT 255d

תַּבְנִית (tabnît) is a Hebrew noun meaning construction. It appears 20 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8403).

Also rendered

pattern

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 255d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 255d)construction, pattern, figure; structure; image; model, resemblance; form, likeness, similitude

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

תַּבְנִית noun, feminine: construction, pattern, figure

1.construction, structure, yet only P & late
2.pattern, accusative to which anything is to be constructed
3.figure, image

Strong's H8403 תַּבְנִית: structure; by implication, a model, resemblance
KJV:figure, form, likeness, pattern, similitude.

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 255: בָּנָה bānâ — build; be built, be rebuilt, established; builder, obtain children, make, repair, set

See it in Scripture

Exodus 25:9 Deuteronomy 4:16 Joshua 22:28

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