8393. tebuah
Lexical Summary
tebuah: Produce, yield, increase, revenue, harvest

Original Word: תְּבוּאָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: tbuw'ah
Pronunciation: te-voo-AH
Phonetic Spelling: (teb-oo-aw')
KJV: fruit, gain, increase, revenue
NASB: produce, crops, yield, crop, harvest, income, increase
Word Origin: [from H935 (בּוֹא - came)]

1. income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
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From bow'; income, i.e. Produce (literally or figuratively) -- fruit, gain, increase, revenue.

see HEBREW bow'

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from bo
Definition
product, revenue
NASB Translation
crop (4), crops (6), gain (1), harvest (4), income (4), increase (3), produce (10), product (3), revenue (2), yield (5), yield may increase (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
תְּבוּאָה noun feminine proventus, product, revenue׳תּ absolute Psalm 107:37 3t.; construct תְּבוּאַת Leviticus 23:39 11t.; suffix תְּבוּאָתִי Job 31:12; Proverbs 8:19; תְּבוּאָתְּךָ Deuteronomy 14:28 2t.; תְּבוּאָתֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 3:9; תְּכוּאָתוֺ Leviticus 19:25 + Ezekiel 48:18 Qr (Kt תבואתה), תְּבוּאָתֹה Jeremiah 2:3; תְּבוּאָתָהּ Exodus 23:10 7t. + Ezekiel 48:18 Kt (so Co); תְּבוּאָתֵנוּ Leviticus 25:20; plural תְּבוּאֹת Leviticus 25:15 4t.; תְּכוּאוֺת Proverbs 14:4; Proverbs 16:8; תְּבוּאֹתֵיכֶם Jeremiah 12:13; —

1 product, yield, usually of earth (= crops, etc.) הָאָרֶץ ׳תּ Exodus 23:10; Leviticus 19:25; Leviticus 23:29; Leviticus 25:3,7 (used as food for man & beast, compare Leviticus 25:22) Joshua 5:12, compare Nehemiah 9:37; Leviticus 25:15,16, also Ezekiel 48:18; in Genesis 47:24 ׳בַּתּ must = of the crops (בּ partitive, compare בְּ

I. 2. b; ᵐ5 strike out בְּ); שָׂדֶה׳ת 2 Kings 8:6; 2Chronicles 31:5; כֶּרֶם ׳תּ Deuteronomy 22:9 compare Psalm 107:37; ׳לָחֶם תּ חָאֲדָמָה Isaiah 30:23; גֹּרֶן ׳תּ & יָ֑קֶב ׳תּ Numbers 18:30; זֶרַע ׳תּ Deuteronomy 14:22; דָּגָן ׳תּ2Chron 32:38; as property of husbandmen, or people Leviticus 25:20; Deuteronomy 14:28; Deuteronomy 16:25; Deuteronomy 26:12; Proverbs 3:9; crops as determined by season, שָׁ֑מֶשׁ ׳תּ Deuteronomy 33:14 ("" גֶרֶשׁ יְרָחִים); yield of a year שָׁנָה Leviticus 25:12,22; compare Leviticus 25:21 ׳עָשָׂה תּ, subject שָׁנָה.

2. a. income, revenue, in General Job 31:12 (almost = possessions) Proverbs 10:16; Proverbs 14:4; Proverbs 15:6; Proverbs 16:8; Ecclesiastes 5:9 compare Isaiah 23:3 (revenue of Tyre from trade with Egypt in bread stuffs).

b. figurative gain of wisdom חָכְמָה ׳תּ Proverbs 3:14; Proverbs 8:19; product of lips (שְׂפָתָיו ׳תּ) Proverbs 18:20, i.e. results of his speech ("" מְּרִי פִיאִֿישׁ); of Israel as Yahweh's product Jeremiah 2:3; of Israel's wickedness Jeremiah 12:13.

Topical Lexicon
Root Concept and Range of Meaning

תְּבוּאָה (tevûʾâ) speaks of what the earth or one’s labor “brings in” — grain, fruit, revenue, or profit. It can indicate literal harvest (Exodus 23:16) or figurative gain (Proverbs 18:20).

Agricultural Setting in Ancient Israel

Israel’s economy was agrarian; rainfall patterns and soil fertility meant that grain, grapes, and olives determined national wellbeing. תְּבוּאָה became shorthand for livelihood itself. Seasonal rhythms (early rains, latter rains, threshing floors, wine-presses) framed worship, work, and war (2 Samuel 11:1).

Torah Foundations: Blessing, Tithe, and Jubilee

1. Covenant Blessing. “He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land” (Deuteronomy 7:13). Abundant תְּבוּאָה confirmed the Lord’s favor (Deuteronomy 28:4, 11; 30:9); barrenness signaled covenant breach (Deuteronomy 28:18, 33, 51).
2. Tithing Principle. “You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce of your fields each year” (Deuteronomy 14:22). The tithe taught dependence, funded worship, and provided for Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows (Deuteronomy 26:12).
3. Holy Calendar. The Feast of Harvest (Shavuot) celebrated “the firstfruits of the produce of your labor” (Exodus 23:16; 34:22). In the Sabbath year the land rested so “the poor among your people may eat, and the wild animals may consume what they leave” (Exodus 23:10-11), rooting social justice in agricultural practice.

Historical Narratives: National Prosperity and Famine

Joseph’s policy “stored up every bit of the produce of the surrounding fields” (Genesis 41:48) and preserved nations. Hezekiah’s reforms prompted gifts of “abundant produce of the field” (2 Chronicles 31:5). Conversely, in drought under Ahab, harvest failed and the prophet Elijah announced judgment (1 Kings 17).

Wisdom Literature: Ethical and Spiritual Harvest

Proverbs employs תְּבוּאָה to link diligence and righteousness with plenty:
• “Honor the LORD with… the firstfruits of all your harvest; then your barns will be filled with plenty” (Proverbs 3:9-10).
• “Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox” (Proverbs 14:4).
• Speech yields its own harvest: “From the fruit of his mouth a man’s stomach is filled; with the harvest of his lips he is satisfied” (Proverbs 18:20).

The capable wife “considers a field and buys it; from the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard” (Proverbs 31:16). Wisdom, labor, and foresight guarantee lasting gain.

Prophetic Voices: Judgment and Restoration

Prophets invoke תְּבוּאָה to expose sin and promise renewal.
• Withholding: “You have planted much, but harvested little” (Haggai 1:6).
• Devastation: “The field is ruined; the land mourns, for the grain is destroyed” (Joel 1:10).
• Economic Idolatry: Tyre’s commerce is “the harvest of the Nile” (Isaiah 23:3).
• Covenant Lawsuit: “Israel was holy… the firstfruits of His harvest” (Jeremiah 2:3); betrayal brings loss (Hosea 2:8-9).

Yet hope shines: “The seed will still be prosperous; the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce” (Zechariah 8:12).

Cultic Administration and Temple Support

Post-exilic leaders restored tithe logistics: “We will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God… the firstfruits of our land and of all our produce” (Nehemiah 10:37; cf. 12:44; 13:5, 12). Faithful supply sustained priests, singers, and gatekeepers and guarded worship from state control.

Covenantal Theology of Provision

Tevûʾâ functions as barometer of obedience. Material yield is never autonomous; the Lord “opens the heavens” (Deuteronomy 28:12) or “calls for a drought on the grain” (Haggai 1:11). Scripture thus integrates spirituality and economics: holiness affects rainfall, justice affects barns.

Socio-Economic Care for the Vulnerable

Gleaning laws (Leviticus 19:9-10) and third-year tithes (Deuteronomy 14:28-29) redistributed tevûʾâ to the powerless. The righteous king and farmer alike were measured by generosity. Failure to deliver wages (Jeremiah 22:13) or manipulate weights (Amos 8:5-6) invited harvest failure.

Ministry and Stewardship Applications

1. Giving: Regular, proportional generosity (1 Corinthians 16:2) mirrors Old-Testament tithing of produce.
2. Faith: Farmers wait for the “valuable crop” (James 5:7); believers rest in God’s timetable.
3. Preaching: The Word sown multiplies “a crop yielding a hundredfold” (Mark 4:8).
4. Discipleship Metrics: Churches assess fruit not merely in numbers but in character (Galatians 5:22-23).

Christological and Eschatological Trajectory

Jesus is the firstfruits of resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:20), guaranteeing a final harvest when angels “gather the elect” (Matthew 24:31). Revelation pictures “another angel… saying, ‘Swing your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe’” (Revelation 14:15). Old-Testament tevûʾâ foreshadows this global ingathering.

Select References Featuring תְּבוּאָה

Exodus 23:16; Deuteronomy 14:22; Deuteronomy 28:4; Proverbs 3:9-10; Proverbs 14:4; Isaiah 23:3; Jeremiah 2:3; Hosea 2:8-9; Joel 1:10; Haggai 1:6; Zechariah 8:12.

Key Insights

• Tevûʾâ unifies theology and daily life: harvest belongs to God.
• Abundance is covenant gift, not autonomous achievement.
• Generosity safeguards the poor and funds worship.
• Spiritual fruitfulness is the telos; material plenty illustrates it.
• Final eschatological harvest crowns the motif, as the Lord of the harvest reaps both grain and souls.

Forms and Transliterations
בַּתְּבוּאֹ֔ת בתבואת הַתְּבוּאָ֔ה הַתְּבוּאָ֣ה התבואה וְכִתְבוּאַ֥ת וּ֝תְבוּאָתִ֗י וּבִתְבוּאַ֖ת וּתְבוּאַ֖ת וּתְבוּאָתָ֣הּ ובתבואת וכתבואת ותבואת ותבואתה ותבואתי כִּתְבוּאַ֥ת כתבואת לִתְבוּאַ֥ת לתבואת מִתְּבוּאַת֙ מִתְּבוּאֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם מתבואת מתבואתיכם תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י תְּב֣וּאָתָ֔הּ תְּבֽוּאָתָ֑הּ תְּבוּאַ֖ת תְּבוּאַ֣ת תְּבוּאָ֣תְךָ֔ תְּבוּאָֽתְךָ֙ תְּבוּאָת֑וֹ תְּבוּאָתְךָ֛ תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ׃ תְּבוּאָתֶֽךָ׃ תְּבוּאָתָ֖הּ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃ תְּבוּאָתֹ֑ה תְּבוּאֹ֔ת תְּבוּאֹ֣ת תְבֽוּאָה׃ תְבֽוּאָתֹו֙ תְבוּאָ֑ה תְבוּאֹ֖ת תבואה תבואה׃ תבואות תבואת תבואתה תבואתה׃ תבואתו תבואתי תבואתך תבואתך׃ תבואתנו׃ bat·tə·ḇū·’ōṯ battəḇū’ōṯ battevuOt hat·tə·ḇū·’āh hattəḇū’āh hattevuAh kiṯ·ḇū·’aṯ kiṯḇū’aṯ kitvuAt liṯ·ḇū·’aṯ liṯḇū’aṯ litvuAt mit·tə·ḇū·’aṯ mit·tə·ḇū·’ō·ṯê·ḵem mittəḇū’aṯ mittəḇū’ōṯêḵem mittevuAt mittevuOteiChem tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯe·ḵā tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯə·ḵā tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯê·nū tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯî tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯōh tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯōw ṯə·ḇū·’ā·ṯōw ṯə·ḇū·’āh tə·ḇū·’aṯ tə·ḇū·’ō·wṯ tə·ḇū·’ōṯ ṯə·ḇū·’ōṯ ṯəḇū’āh təḇū’aṯ təḇū’āṯāh təḇū’āṯeḵā təḇū’āṯəḵā təḇū’āṯênū təḇū’āṯî təḇū’āṯōh təḇū’āṯōw ṯəḇū’āṯōw təḇū’ōṯ ṯəḇū’ōṯ təḇū’ōwṯ teVuah tevuAt tevuaTah tevuAtecha tevuaTenu teVuaTi tevuaTo tevuaToh tevuOt ū·ḇiṯ·ḇū·’aṯ ū·ṯə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh ū·ṯə·ḇū·’ā·ṯî ū·ṯə·ḇū·’aṯ ūḇiṯḇū’aṯ ūṯəḇū’aṯ ūṯəḇū’āṯāh ūṯəḇū’āṯî utevuAt utevuaTah utevuaTi uvitvuAt vechitvuAt wə·ḵiṯ·ḇū·’aṯ wəḵiṯḇū’aṯ
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Genesis 47:24
HEB: וְהָיָה֙ בַּתְּבוּאֹ֔ת וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית
NAS: At the harvest you shall give a fifth
KJV: And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give
INT: become the harvest shall give A fifth

Exodus 23:10
HEB: וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ אֶת־ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃
NAS: years and gather in its yield,
KJV: and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
INT: your land and gather yield

Leviticus 19:25
HEB: לְהוֹסִ֥יף לָכֶ֖ם תְּבוּאָת֑וֹ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה
NAS: of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you; I am the LORD
KJV: thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I [am] the LORD
INT: fruit may yield yield I the LORD

Leviticus 23:39
HEB: בְּאָסְפְּכֶם֙ אֶת־ תְּבוּאַ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ תָּחֹ֥גּוּ
NAS: when you have gathered in the crops of the land,
KJV: when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land,
INT: of the seventh have gathered the crops of the land shall celebrate

Leviticus 25:3
HEB: וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ אֶת־ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃
NAS: your vineyard and gather in its crop,
KJV: and gather in the fruit thereof;
INT: your vineyard and gather crop

Leviticus 25:7
HEB: תִּהְיֶ֥ה כָל־ תְּבוּאָתָ֖הּ לֶאֱכֹֽל׃ ס
NAS: shall have all its crops to eat.
KJV: that [are] in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
INT: shall have all crops to eat

Leviticus 25:12
HEB: תֹּאכְל֖וּ אֶת־ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃
NAS: to you. You shall eat its crops out of the field.
KJV: unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
INT: of the field shall eat crops

Leviticus 25:15
HEB: בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר שְׁנֵֽי־ תְבוּאֹ֖ת יִמְכָּר־ לָֽךְ׃
NAS: of years of crops.
KJV: of years of the fruits he shall sell
INT: to the number of years of crops sell

Leviticus 25:16
HEB: כִּ֚י מִסְפַּ֣ר תְּבוּאֹ֔ת ה֥וּא מֹכֵ֖ר
NAS: for [it is] a number of crops he is selling
KJV: of it: for [according] to the number [of the years] of the fruits doth he sell
INT: for a number of crops he is selling

Leviticus 25:20
HEB: נֶאֱסֹ֖ף אֶת־ תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ׃
NAS: we do not sow or gather in our crops?
KJV: nor gather in our increase:
INT: or gather our increase

Leviticus 25:21
HEB: וְעָשָׂת֙ אֶת־ הַתְּבוּאָ֔ה לִשְׁלֹ֖שׁ הַשָּׁנִֽים׃
NAS: that it will bring forth the crop for three
KJV: and it shall bring forth fruit for three
INT: the sixth will bring the crop three years

Leviticus 25:22
HEB: וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖ם מִן־ הַתְּבוּאָ֣ה יָשָׁ֑ן עַ֣ד ׀
NAS: things from the crop, eating
KJV: [yet] of old fruit until the ninth
INT: eat from the crop old until

Leviticus 25:22
HEB: עַד־ בּוֹא֙ תְּב֣וּאָתָ֔הּ תֹּאכְל֖וּ יָשָֽׁן׃
NAS: year when its crop comes in.
KJV: year; until her fruits come in
INT: when comes crop eating things

Numbers 18:30
HEB: וְנֶחְשַׁב֙ לַלְוִיִּ֔ם כִּתְבוּאַ֥ת גֹּ֖רֶן וְכִתְבוּאַ֥ת
NAS: to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor,
KJV: unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor,
INT: shall be reckoned to the Levites as the product of the threshing and as the product

Numbers 18:30
HEB: כִּתְבוּאַ֥ת גֹּ֖רֶן וְכִתְבוּאַ֥ת יָֽקֶב׃
NAS: of the threshing floor, and as the product of the wine vat.
KJV: of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
INT: as the product of the threshing and as the product of the wine

Deuteronomy 14:22
HEB: אֵ֖ת כָּל־ תְּבוּאַ֣ת זַרְעֶ֑ךָ הַיֹּצֵ֥א
NAS: all the produce from what you sow,
KJV: tithe all the increase of thy seed,
INT: tithe all the produce what comes

Deuteronomy 14:28
HEB: כָּל־ מַעְשַׂר֙ תְּבוּאָ֣תְךָ֔ בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה הַהִ֑וא
NAS: the tithe of your produce in that year,
KJV: all the tithe of thine increase the same year,
INT: all the tithe of your produce year and shalt

Deuteronomy 16:15
HEB: אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בְּכֹ֤ל תְּבוּאָֽתְךָ֙ וּבְכֹל֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
NAS: you in all your produce and in all
KJV: shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works
INT: your God all your produce all the work

Deuteronomy 22:9
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּזְרָ֔ע וּתְבוּאַ֖ת הַכָּֽרֶם׃ ס
NAS: you have sown and the increase of the vineyard
KJV: which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard,
INT: which have sown and the increase of the vineyard

Deuteronomy 26:12
HEB: כָּל־ מַעְשַׂ֧ר תְּבוּאָתְךָ֛ בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֖ת
NAS: the tithe of your increase in the third
KJV: all the tithes of thine increase the third
INT: all the tithe of your increase year the third

Deuteronomy 33:14
HEB: וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד תְּבוּאֹ֣ת שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד
NAS: And with the choice yield of the sun,
KJV: And for the precious fruits [brought forth] by the sun,
INT: the choice yield of the sun the choice

Joshua 5:12
HEB: מָ֑ן וַיֹּאכְל֗וּ מִתְּבוּאַת֙ אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן
NAS: some of the produce of the land,
KJV: any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land
INT: manna ate of the produce of the land of Canaan

2 Kings 8:6
HEB: וְאֵת֙ כָּל־ תְּבוּאֹ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה מִיּ֛וֹם
NAS: that was hers and all the produce of the field
KJV: Restore all that [was] hers, and all the fruits of the field
INT: after all the produce of the field the day

2 Chronicles 31:5
HEB: וּדְבַ֔שׁ וְכֹ֖ל תְּבוּאַ֣ת שָׂדֶ֑ה וּמַעְשַׂ֥ר
NAS: and of all the produce of the field;
KJV: and honey, and of all the increase of the field;
INT: honey all the produce of the field the tithe

2 Chronicles 32:28
HEB: וּמִ֨סְכְּנ֔וֹת לִתְבוּאַ֥ת דָּגָ֖ן וְתִיר֣וֹשׁ
NAS: storehouses also for the produce of grain,
KJV: Storehouses also for the increase of corn,
INT: storehouses the produce of grain wine

42 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8393
42 Occurrences


bat·tə·ḇū·’ōṯ — 1 Occ.
hat·tə·ḇū·’āh — 2 Occ.
kiṯ·ḇū·’aṯ — 1 Occ.
liṯ·ḇū·’aṯ — 1 Occ.
mit·tə·ḇū·’aṯ — 1 Occ.
mit·tə·ḇū·’ō·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
ṯə·ḇū·’āh — 2 Occ.
tə·ḇū·’aṯ — 6 Occ.
tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh — 7 Occ.
tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯə·ḵā — 4 Occ.
tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯê·nū — 1 Occ.
tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯōw — 2 Occ.
tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯōh — 1 Occ.
ṯə·ḇū·’ōṯ — 6 Occ.
ū·ṯə·ḇū·’aṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·ṯə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
ū·ṯə·ḇū·’ā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇiṯ·ḇū·’aṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵiṯ·ḇū·’aṯ — 1 Occ.

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