Lexical Definition

‎תָּבוֹר‎ Tâbôwr (taw-bore') (Mount) Tabor ^N:N--L
from a root corresponding to ‎תְּבַר‎; broken region

Tabor.

• § Tabor = "mound"
• Tabor, a mountain in Palestine, also a city adjacent

n pr mont
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
n pr loc
2) a town around the summit of Mount Tabor (1)
3) a city of the Merarite Levites located in the territory of Zebulun
n pr arbour
4) the place of an oak tree which was on the homeward journey of Saul after he had been anointed by Samuel

Extended Information

• n pr mont
• the place of an oak tree which was on the homeward journey of Saul after he had been anointed by Samuel

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תַּאֲנִיָּה‎ noun feminine id. id.

Also see: כְּסֻלּוֹת

‎תָּבוֺר‎ proper name

1. mountain northeast edge of Great Plain, southwest of Sea of Galilee, on border of Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali, modern Jebel e‰-ˆûr; compare Rel^{Pal. 331 ff.} Burckhardt^{Travels, 332 ff.} Rob^{BR iii. 340 f.} Bäd^{Pal. Index, under the word} Buhl^{Geogr. 108} GACooke^{Ency. Bib., under the word}; — ‎׳‎‎הַר(ֿ)ת‎ Judg 4:6; Judg 4:12; Judg 4:14 ‎׳‎‎ת‎ alone Hos 5:1; Jer 46:18; Josh 19:22; Josh 19:34 (P), Ps 89:13* (+ ‎חֶרְמוֺן‎); ᵐ5 Θαβωρ (so Euseb^Onom.), but Hosea, Jeremiah Ιταβυριον, and so Jos^{Ant. see 1, 22 [84]. BJ «JOSEPHUS:Wars of the Jews 4:1»iv. 1}. 8 [54]. etc. (other Greek forms see Cooke^l.c.).

2. location Judg 8:18 (too far away to be = 1 Be and others), GFM conjecture ‎טַבּוּר‎ (Judg 9:37), Bu ‎תֵּבֵץ‎ (Judg 9:50); ᵐ5 Θαβωρ.

3. location Levitical city in Zebulun 1Chr 6:62* apparently = ‎׳‎‎כְּסֻלֹּת ת‎ Josh 19:12, and perhaps ‎׳‎‎ת‎ vJosh 19:22 (in Issachar), ᵐ5 Θαχχεια, A ᵐ5^L Θαβωρ.

4. arbor. in ‎׳‎‎אֵלוֺן ת‎ 1Sam 10:3, near Bethel; ᵐ5 Θαβωρ.

‎תֵּבֵל‎ see ‎יבל‎. ‎תֶּ֫בֶל‎ see ‎בלל‎. ‎תֻּבַל‎ see ‎תּוּבַל‎. p. 117, 385, 1063‎תַּבְלִית‎ see [‎בלה‎]. ‎תְּבַלֻּל‎ see ‎בלל‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book	Refs
Joshua	19:12 · 19:22 · 19:34
Judges	4:6 · 4:12 · 4:14 · 8:18 · 9:37 · 9:50
1 Samuel	10:3
1 Chronicles	6:62*
Psalms	89:13*
Jeremiah	46:18
Hosea	5:1

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Tabor_3 • Oak tree near Bethel, mentioned in Samuel's prophecy

Tabor, an oak tree near Bethel, mentioned in Samuel's prophetic message to Saul (1 Sam. 10:3).

• A location near Bethel בֵּית־אֵל only mentioned at 1Sa.10.3;
• only referred to as Tabor תָּבוֹר.
  

Tabor is mentioned in 1 Samuel 10:3 as an oak tree near Bethel. It appears in the context of Samuel's prophetic message to Saul, who had been anointed as king over Israel. Samuel told Saul that he would meet three men by the oak of Tabor, and they would offer him two loaves of bread. This encounter was one of the signs given to Saul to confirm his divine appointment as king. The oak of Tabor served as a landmark in the region, but no further details about its significance are provided in the Bible.

All entries for Tabor: תָּבוֹר