Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8397: תֶּבֶל

tebel · pronounced teh'-bel · “perversion”

Definition

mixture, i.e. unnatural bestiality

KJV translates it as: confusion.

Word origin: apparently from H1101 (בָּלַל);

Extended definition

1) confusion (violation of nature or divine order)
1a) perversion (in sexual sin)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8397 is translated

  • is confusion ×1
  • confusion ×1

Bible verses with H8397 (tebel)

Tebel appears in 2 verses.

  • Leviticus 18:23

    Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

  • Leviticus 20:12

    And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.