1. tebel (hebrew) [from the verbal root yabal to flow (as of water), glide, go forward as in a solemn procession; or from the verbal root tabal to be fruitful, productive, connected with moisture and heat] also theivhel, theiohel. the earth, globe, world, especially the inhabited earth. ıt expresses the idea not only of the earth as a globe in motion, but as flowing forth or as a fruitage from previous manifestations