8432. tavek

Strong's Lexicon

tavek: midst, middle, among

Original Word: תָּוֶךְ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: tavek
Pronunciation: tah-vek
Phonetic Spelling: (taw'-vek)
Definition: midst, middle, among
Meaning: a bisection, the centre

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to sever or bisect.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3319 (μέσος, mesos) - middle, midst

- G1722 (ἐν, en) - in, on, among

Usage: The Hebrew word "tavek" primarily denotes the concept of being in the middle or midst of something. It is often used to describe a central position within a group, location, or situation. This term can refer to physical spaces, such as being in the midst of a crowd or a geographical area, as well as metaphorical contexts, such as being in the midst of a situation or event.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of being in the "midst" carried significant implications. It often indicated a position of importance or centrality. For example, being in the midst of the camp of Israel could imply a place of prominence or focus. The term also reflects the communal and collective nature of ancient Israelite society, where being among others was a common experience.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
midst
NASB Translation
along (3), among (135), among* (1), between (2), center (10), high (1), home (2), inside (9), interior (1), internally (1), middle (32), middle part (1), midst (162), presence (1), reenter* (2), through (2), two (1), within (18).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

תָּ֫וֶךְ₄₁₈ substantive midst (Late Hebrew id., also denominative תִּוֵּוךְ; √ unknown; not apparently in cognate languages); — absolute תָּ֫וֶךְ Genesis 15:10 +; construct תּוֺךְ Genesis 1:6 +; תּוֺכִי, תּוֺכוֺ, etc., 2 feminine singular תּוֺכֵּ֫ כִי Psalm 116:19; Psalm 135:9, תּוֺכֹה Ezekiel 48:15,21, תּוֺכֲכֶם Genesis 23:9 +, תּוֺכָ֫הְנָה Ezekiel 16:53 (Ges^{§ 91f}); — midst, whether of a space or place, a number of people or things, or of a linE: absolute Judges 16:29 עַמּוּדֵי הַתָּוֶךְ = the middle columns, Jeremiah 39:3 ׳שַׁעַר הַתּ, בַּתָּוֶךְ Genesis 15:10 וַיְבַתֵּר ׳אֹתָם בַּתּ, Numbers 35:5 וְהָעִיר בַּתָּוֶךְ, Joshua 8:22; Judges 15:4; Isaiah 66:17 אַחַר אֶחָד בַּתָּוֶךְ; construct 1 Kings 8:54 קִדַּשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶתֿ תּוֺךְ הֶחָצֵר, Ezekiel 15:4 וְתוֺכוֺ נָחָר; usually with preposition, as בְּ (often = an emphasis in, in the very heart and midst of), Genesis 1:6 בְּתוֺךְ הַמַּיִם, Genesis 2:9 הַגָּן ׳בְּת, Genesis 9:21 אָהֳהֹ ׳בְּת, Genesis 18:24 הָעִיר ׳בְּת, Genesis 37:7 הַשָּׁדֶה ׳בְּת, Exodus 11:4 אני יוצא מצרים ׳בת, Exodus 39:3, Joshua 8:9 הָעָם ׳בְּת, Judges 7:16 הַכַּ דִּים ׳בת, 1 Kings 3:20 הַלַּיְלָה ׳בְּת; בְּתוֺכָהּ (of land or city) Numbers 13:32; Isaiah 7:6, etc.; in Ezekiel בְּתוֺכֵךְ, בְּתוֺכָהּ, etc., of sins done, or judgment to be wrought, in the very midst of Jerusalem, Ezekiel 5:8,10; Ezekiel 9:4; Ezekiel 22:3,7,9,13 +; מֵעַי ׳בְּת Psalm 22:15; Psalm 40:9 מֵעָ֫י ׳תּוֺרָֽתְךָ בְּת, לִבִּי ׳בְּת Psalm 22:11, compare Proverbs 4:21; after verbs of motion, = into Exodus 14:27; 1 Samuel 9:14, = through Exodus 14:29; Numbers 33:8; Ezekiel 9:4; Nehemiah 9:11; of a number of persons = among (not nEcess. of the actual middle), Genesis 40:20 עֲבָדָיו ׳בְּת, בְּתוֺכְנוּ Genesis 23:6, בְּתוֺכָם 1 Samuel 10:10; Job 1:6, etc., הַגָּר בְּתוֺכֲכֶם Leviticus 17:8,10,13 +; = between (of things arranged by twos) Exodus 39:25 in P often (12 t.) of the divinE presence, or dwelling, in the midst of Israel, Exodus 25:8; Exodus 29:45,46; Leviticus 15:31; Leviticus 16:16 + (Carpenter^{Hex. i. 209, ed. 2, 410}; J E D in such cases have always קֶרֶב), so Ezekiel 37:26,28; Ezekiel 43:7,9, compare Haggai 2:5; מִן, as Genesis 19:29 מִתּוֺךְ הַהֲפֵכָה, Exodus 3:2 ׳מִתּ הַסְּנֶה, Exodus 33:11 הָאֹהֶל ׳לאֹ יָמִישׁ מִתּ, Deuteronomy 4:12 + הָאֵשׁ ׳מִתּ, 1 Samuel 15:6 עֲמָלֵק ׳רְדוּ מִתּ; = from among, as to take, separate, etc., מִתּוֺכָם, הָעָם ׳מִתּ, etc., Exodus 7:5; Exodus 28:1; Numbers 3:12; Numbers 4:2,18; Numbers 16:21,33; Numbers 17:10; Numbers 19:20 (all P) +; אֶל, as Exodus 14:23 ויבאואֶ֗֗֗לאתּוֺךְ הַיָּם, Leviticus 11:33; Numbers 17:12 וַיָּרָץ הַקָּהָל ׳אֶלאתּ, Numbers 19:6; Deuteronomy 21:12 בֵּיתֶ֫ךָ ׳וַהֲבֵאתָהּ אֶלאתּ, Deuteronomy 22:2; Deuteronomy 23:11; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 4:6; Jeremiah 21:4 +; מֵעַל Ezekiel 11:23. — תוך is used by most writers, occurring approximately 8-10 times in many books, but is especially frequent in P (c. 106 t,) and Ezekiel (116 t.). synonym קֶרֶב, q. v.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

hope

From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), X between, half, X (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).

Forms and Transliterations

בְּ֝ת֗וֹךְ בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗י בְּֽת֘וֹכֵ֤כִי בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּת֛וֹךְ בְּת֣וֹךְ בְּת֣וֹךְ ׀ בְּת֣וֹכְכֶ֔ם בְּת֤וֹךְ בְּת֥וֹךְ בְּת֧וֹךְ בְּת֨וֹךְ בְּת֬וֹךְ בְּתֹכְכֶ֔ם בְּתֹכָ֔ם בְּתֽוֹךְ־ בְּתֽוֹכְכֶ֑ם בְּתֽוֹכְכֶם֙ בְּתוֹךְ֙ בְּתוֹךְ־ בְּתוֹכ֑וֹ בְּתוֹכ֔וֹ בְּתוֹכ֖וֹ בְּתוֹכ֛וֹ בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑ם בְּתוֹכְכֶ֔ם בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖ם בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃ בְּתוֹכֵ֑ךְ בְּתוֹכֵ֑נוּ בְּתוֹכֵ֔ךְ בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ בְּתוֹכֵ֣ךְ בְּתוֹכֵ֣כִי בְּתוֹכֵ֥ךְ בְּתוֹכֵֽךְ׃ בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ בְּתוֹכָ֑ם בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ בְּתוֹכָ֔ם בְּתוֹכָ֖הּ בְּתוֹכָ֖ם בְּתוֹכָ֜ם בְּתוֹכָ֣הּ בְּתוֹכָ֤ם בְּתוֹכָֽהְנָה׃ בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ בְּתוֹכָם֙ בְּתוֹכֽוֹ׃ בְתֹכְכֶ֖ם בְתֽוֹךְ־ בְתוֹךְ־ בְתוֹכֵ֔ךְ בְתוֹכֵ֖ךְ בְתוֹכֵ֛ךְ בְתוֹכֵ֣נוּ בְתוֹכֵֽךְ׃ בְתוֹכָ֑הּ בְתוֹכָ֑ם בְתוֹכָ֖הּ בְתוֹכָ֖ם בְתוֹכָ֜ם בְתוֹכָ֣הּ בְתוֹכָ֤הּ בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ בְתוֹכָֽם׃ בְתוֹכָהּ֙ בַּתָּ֑וֶךְ בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ בַּתָּֽוֶךְ׃ בְּתֹוכֹֽו׃ בתוך בתוך־ בתוך׃ בתוכה בתוכה׃ בתוכהנה׃ בתוכו בתוכו׃ בתוכי בתוכך בתוכך׃ בתוככי בתוככם בתוככם׃ בתוכם בתוכם׃ בתוכנו בתככם בתכם הַתָּ֑וֶךְ הַתָּ֗וֶךְ התוך וְת֤וֹךְ וְתוֹכ֣וֹ וּבְת֖וֹךְ וּבְת֛וֹךְ וּבְת֣וֹךְ וּבְת֥וֹךְ וּבְתוֹךְ֙ וּבְתוֹכָ֖ם וּמִ֨תּוֹכָ֔הּ ובתוך ובתוכם ומתוכה ותוך ותוכו מִתּ֖וֹךְ מִתּ֛וֹךְ מִתּ֣וֹך מִתּ֣וֹךְ מִתּ֤וֹךְ מִתּ֥וֹךְ מִתּֽוֹכְךָ֙ מִתּוֹךְ֙ מִתּוֹךְ֮ מִתּוֹךְ־ מִתּוֹכְכֶ֖ם מִתּוֹכָ֑ם מִתּוֹכָ֔הּ מִתּוֹכָֽהּ׃ מִתּוֹכָֽם׃ מִתּוֹכָהּ֙ מתוך מתוך־ מתוכה מתוכה׃ מתוכך מתוככם מתוכם מתוכם׃ תּ֖וֹךְ תּ֣וֹך תּ֣וֹךְ תּ֤וֹךְ תּ֥וֹךְ תּוֹכ֑וֹ תּוֹכָ֖ם תּוֹכוֹ֙ תוֹכְךָ֛ תוך תוכו תוכך תוכם bat·tā·weḵ batTavech battāweḵ bə·ṯō·ḵām bə·ṯō·ḵə·ḵem ḇə·ṯō·ḵə·ḵem bə·ṯō·w·ḵā·hə·nāh bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵāh bə·ṯō·w·ḵām ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵām bə·ṯō·w·ḵê·ḵî bə·ṯō·w·ḵê·nū ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵê·nū bə·ṯō·w·ḵêḵ ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵêḵ bə·ṯō·w·ḵî bə·ṯō·w·ḵōw bə·ṯō·wḵ bə·ṯō·wḵ- ḇə·ṯō·wḵ- bə·ṯō·wḵ·ḵem beToch betoChah betoChahenah betoCham betochChem betoChech betocheChem beToChechi betoChenu betoChi betoCho bəṯōḵām bəṯōḵəḵem ḇəṯōḵəḵem bəṯōwḵ bəṯōwḵ- ḇəṯōwḵ- bəṯōwḵāh ḇəṯōwḵāh bəṯōwḵāhənāh bəṯōwḵām ḇəṯōwḵām bəṯōwḵêḵ ḇəṯōwḵêḵ bəṯōwḵêḵî bəṯōwḵênū ḇəṯōwḵênū bəṯōwḵî bəṯōwḵḵem bəṯōwḵōw hat·tā·weḵ hatTavech hattāweḵ mit·tō·w·ḵāh mit·tō·w·ḵām mit·tō·wḵ mit·tō·wḵ- mit·tō·wḵ·ḵā mit·tō·wḵ·ḵem mitToch mittoChah mittoCham mittochCha mittochChem mittōwḵ mittōwḵ- mittōwḵāh mittōwḵām mittōwḵḵā mittōwḵḵem tō·w·ḵām tō·w·ḵōw tō·wḵ ṯō·wḵ·ḵā Toch toCham tochCha toCho tōwḵ tōwḵām ṯōwḵḵā tōwḵōw ū·ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵām ū·ḇə·ṯō·wḵ ū·mit·tō·w·ḵāh ūḇəṯōwḵ ūḇəṯōwḵām uMittoChah ūmittōwḵāh uveToch uvetoCham vetoch vetoChah vetoCham vetoChech vetocheChem vetoChenu vetoCho wə·ṯō·w·ḵōw wə·ṯō·wḵ wəṯōwḵ wəṯōwḵōw

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 1:6
HEB: יְהִ֥י רָקִ֖יעַ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַמָּ֑יִם וִיהִ֣י
NAS: Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters,
KJV: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,
INT: Let there be an expanse the midst of the waters become

Genesis 2:9
HEB: וְעֵ֤ץ הַֽחַיִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַגָּ֔ן וְעֵ֕ץ
NAS: of life also in the midst of the garden,
KJV: of life also in the midst of the garden,
INT: the tree of life the midst of the garden and the tree

Genesis 3:3
HEB: הָעֵץ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּתוֹךְ־ הַגָּן֒ אָמַ֣ר
NAS: which is in the middle of the garden,
KJV: of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden,
INT: of the tree which the middle of the garden has said

Genesis 3:8
HEB: יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים בְּת֖וֹךְ עֵ֥ץ הַגָּֽן׃
NAS: God among the trees
KJV: God amongst the trees
INT: of the LORD God among the trees of the garden

Genesis 9:21
HEB: וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר וַיִּתְגַּ֖ל בְּת֥וֹךְ אָהֳלֹֽה׃
NAS: and uncovered himself inside his tent.
KJV: and he was uncovered within his tent.
INT: and became and uncovered inside his tent

Genesis 15:10
HEB: וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר אֹתָם֙ בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אִישׁ־
NAS: to Him and cut them in two, and laid
KJV: unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid
INT: these and cut two and laid each

Genesis 18:24
HEB: חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים צַדִּיקִ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר הַאַ֤ף
NAS: righteous within the city;
KJV: righteous within the city:
INT: are fifty righteous within the city indeed

Genesis 18:26
HEB: חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים צַדִּיקִ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי
NAS: righteous within the city,
KJV: righteous within the city,
INT: fifty righteous within the city will spare

Genesis 19:29
HEB: אֶת־ לוֹט֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָ֔ה בַּהֲפֹךְ֙
NAS: Lot out of the midst of the overthrow,
KJV: Lot out of the midst of the overthrow,
INT: and sent Lot of the midst of the overthrow overthrew

Genesis 23:6
HEB: אֱלֹהִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ בְּמִבְחַ֣ר קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ
NAS: prince among us; bury
KJV: prince among us: in the choice
INT: mighty you among the choicest of our graves

Genesis 23:9
HEB: יִתְּנֶ֥נָּה לִ֛י בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖ם לַאֲחֻזַּת־ קָֽבֶר׃
NAS: let him give it to me in your presence for a burial
KJV: of a buryingplace amongst you.
INT: the full give your presence site A burial

Genesis 23:10
HEB: וְעֶפְר֥וֹן יֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּת֣וֹךְ בְּנֵי־ חֵ֑ת
NAS: was sitting among the sons
KJV: dwelt among the children
INT: now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth

Genesis 35:2
HEB: הַנֵּכָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּתֹכְכֶ֔ם וְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּ וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ
NAS: which are among you, and purify
KJV: gods that [are] among you, and be clean,
INT: the foreign which are among and purify and change

Genesis 37:7
HEB: מְאַלְּמִ֤ים אֲלֻמִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה
INT: were binding sheaves hope the field and lo

Genesis 40:20
HEB: שַׂ֥ר הָאֹפִ֖ים בְּת֥וֹךְ עֲבָדָֽיו׃
NAS: of the chief baker among his servants.
KJV: baker among his servants.
INT: of the chief baker among his servants

Genesis 41:48
HEB: סְבִיבֹתֶ֖יהָ נָתַ֥ן בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃
KJV: every city, laid he up in the same.
INT: surrounding placed the same

Genesis 42:5
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִשְׁבֹּ֖ר בְּת֣וֹךְ הַבָּאִ֑ים כִּֽי־
NAS: to buy grain among those who were coming,
KJV: to buy [corn] among those that came:
INT: of Israel to buy among were coming for

Exodus 2:5
HEB: אֶת־ הַתֵּבָה֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַסּ֔וּף וַתִּשְׁלַ֥ח
NAS: the basket among the reeds
KJV: the ark among the flags,
INT: saw the basket among the reeds and sent

Exodus 3:2
HEB: בְּלַבַּת־ אֵ֖שׁ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַסְּנֶ֑ה וַיַּ֗רְא
NAS: fire from the midst of a bush;
KJV: of fire out of the midst of a bush:
INT: A flame fire the midst of a bush looked

Exodus 3:4
HEB: אֵלָ֨יו אֱלֹהִ֜ים מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַסְּנֶ֗ה וַיֹּ֛אמֶר
NAS: called to him from the midst of the bush
KJV: called unto him out of the midst of the bush,
INT: about God the midst of the bush and said

Exodus 7:5
HEB: בְּנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִתּוֹכָֽם׃
NAS: of Israel from their midst.
KJV: of Israel from among them.
INT: the sons of Israel their midst

Exodus 9:24
HEB: וְאֵ֕שׁ מִתְלַקַּ֖חַת בְּת֣וֹךְ הַבָּרָ֑ד כָּבֵ֣ד
NAS: flashing continually in the midst of the hail,
KJV: and fire mingled with the hail,
INT: and fire flashing the midst of the hail severe

Exodus 11:4
HEB: אֲנִ֥י יוֹצֵ֖א בְּת֥וֹךְ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
NAS: I am going out into the midst of Egypt,
KJV: will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
INT: I am going the midst of Egypt

Exodus 12:31
HEB: ק֤וּמוּ צְּאוּ֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ עַמִּ֔י גַּם־
NAS: up, get out from among my people,
KJV: [and] get you forth from among my people,
INT: Rise get among my people both

Exodus 12:49
HEB: וְלַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃
NAS: who sojourns among you.
KJV: that sojourneth among you.
INT: to the stranger sojourns among

418 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8432
418 Occurrences

bat·tā·weḵ — 5 Occ.
bə·ṯō·wḵ — 175 Occ.
bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh — 21 Occ.
bə·ṯō·w·ḵā·hə·nāh — 1 Occ.
bə·ṯō·w·ḵām — 33 Occ.
bə·ṯō·wḵ·ḵem — 14 Occ.
bə·ṯō·w·ḵêḵ — 9 Occ.
bə·ṯō·ḵə·ḵem — 1 Occ.
bə·ṯō·w·ḵê·ḵî — 2 Occ.
bə·ṯō·w·ḵê·nū — 3 Occ.
bə·ṯō·w·ḵî — 1 Occ.
bə·ṯō·w·ḵōw — 10 Occ.
hat·tā·weḵ — 2 Occ.
mit·tō·wḵ — 56 Occ.
mit·tō·w·ḵāh — 4 Occ.
mit·tō·w·ḵām — 3 Occ.
mit·tō·wḵ·ḵā — 2 Occ.
mit·tō·wḵ·ḵem — 1 Occ.
tō·wḵ — 25 Occ.
tō·w·ḵām — 1 Occ.
ṯō·wḵ·ḵā — 1 Occ.
tō·w·ḵōw — 2 Occ.
ū·mit·tō·w·ḵāh — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ṯō·wḵ — 8 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵām — 1 Occ.
ḇə·ṯō·wḵ- — 10 Occ.
ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵāh — 9 Occ.
ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵām — 8 Occ.
ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵêḵ — 5 Occ.
ḇə·ṯō·ḵə·ḵem — 1 Occ.
ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵê·nū — 1 Occ.
wə·ṯō·w·ḵōw — 1 Occ.