Strong's H8396 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: תָּבוֹר (Tâbôwr)

Pronunciation: taw-bore'

Morphology: n-pr

Part of Speech: n pr mont, n pr loc, n pr arbour

Name Meaning: Tabor = "mound"

Derivation: from a root corresponding to תְּבַר (tᵉbar) [H8406]; broken region;

Definition: Tabor, a mountain in Palestine, also a city adjacent

KJV Renderings: Tabor.

Senses

1. a mountain in the plain of Esdraelon rising abruptly and insulated except for a narrow ridge on the west connecting it to the hills of Nazareth
2. a town around the summit of Mount Tabor (1)
3. a city of the Merarite Levites located in the territory of Zebulun
4. the place of an oak tree which was on the homeward journey of Saul after he had been anointed by Samuel

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.