- Original: טבע - Transliteration: Taba` - Phonetic: taw-bah' - Definition: 1. to sink, sink into, sink down, pierce, settle down, drown, be settled, be planted a. (Qal) to sink, sink down b. (Pual) to be sunk c. (Hophal) to cause to sink - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 789 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to sink: - drown fasten settle sink. Total KJV Occurrences: 10 • down, 1 Psalm 9:15 • drowned, 1 Exodus 15:4 • fastened, 1 Job 38:6 • settled, 1 Proverbs 8:25 • sink, 2 Psalm 69:2; Psalm 69:14 • sunk, 4 1 Samuel 17:49; Jeremiah 38:6; Jeremiah 38:22; Lamentations 2:9