Tevel תֵּבֵל

Tevel (Hebrew תֵּבֵל, Strong's H8398) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “world”. It occurs 36 times in 36 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Tevel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 2:8
  He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:16
  And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 16:30
  Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

Job

• Job 18:18
  He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
• Job 34:13
  Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?
• Job 37:12
  And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

Psalms

• Psalm 9:8
  And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
• Psalm 18:15
  Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
• Psalm 19:4
  Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
• Psalm 24:1
  The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
• Psalm 33:8
  Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.
• Psalm 50:12
  If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
• Psalm 77:18
  The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
• Psalm 89:11
  The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
• Psalm 90:2
  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
• Psalm 93:1
  The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
• Psalm 96:10
  Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
• Psalm 96:13
  Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
• Psalm 97:4
  His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
• Psalm 98:7
  Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
• Psalm 98:9
  Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 8:26
  While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
• Proverbs 8:31
  Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 13:11
  And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
• Isaiah 14:17
  That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
• Isaiah 14:21
  Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
• Isaiah 18:3
  All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
• Isaiah 24:4
  The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
• Isaiah 26:9
  With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
• Isaiah 26:18
  We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
• Isaiah 27:6
  He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
• Isaiah 34:1
  Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 10:12
  He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
• Jeremiah 51:15
  He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 4:12
  The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

Nahum

• Nahum 1:5
  The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).