Strong's Hebrew · H2876
טַבָּח
ṭabbâch · tab-bawkh'
cook, guard.
Definition
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
Derivation
from H2873 (טָבַח);
Appears 32 times in Scripture
“On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.”
“Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.”
“So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.”
“And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.””
“Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.”
“Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.”
“Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.”
“The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,”
“Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.”
“and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).