תַּבְנִית
tav.nit
pattern
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "tav.nit" (H8403) has a short definition of "pattern." This word appears 20 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in various contexts. As a pattern, it can refer to a model or example that serves as a guide for imitation or replication. The word "tav.nit" is not limited to abstract concepts, but can also refer to physical patterns, such as the design of a building or a garment. This suggests that the word encompasses both tangible and intangible aspects of reality. Its range of usage includes descriptions of artistic creations, architectural designs, and even the structure of the universe. The significance of "tav.nit" lies in its ability to convey the idea of a pre-existing model or blueprint that serves as a guide for creation or imitation. This concept has implications for understanding the nature of reality, the role of design and planning, and the relationship between creator and creation.
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Occurrences in Scripture
20 total occurrences across the text
Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.
Psalms 144:12Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
Isaiah 44:13The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.
Ezekiel 8:3He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looks toward the north; where there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
Ezekiel 8:10So I went in and looked, and saw every form of creeping things, abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around on the wall.
Ezekiel 10:8The form of a man’s hand appeared here in the cherubim under their wings.
Exodus 25:9According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.
Exodus 25:9According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.
Exodus 25:40See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.
Deuteronomy 4:16lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Deuteronomy 4:17the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
Deuteronomy 4:17the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
Deuteronomy 4:18the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
Deuteronomy 4:18the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
Joshua 22:28“Therefore we said, ‘It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, “Behold the pattern of Yahweh’s altar, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.” ’
2 Kings 16:10King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a drawing of the altar and plans to build it.
1 Chronicles 28:11Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans for the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, for its upper rooms, for its inner rooms, for the place of the mercy seat;
1 Chronicles 28:12and the plans of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of Yahweh’s house, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of God’s house, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
1 Chronicles 28:18and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the plans for the chariot, and the cherubim that spread out and cover the ark of Yahweh’s covenant.
1 Chronicles 28:19“All this”, David said, “I have been made to understand in writing from Yahweh’s hand, even all the works of this pattern.”