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Strong's #7626 - שֵׁבֶט

Transliteration

shêbeṭ

Phonetics

shay'-bet

Origin

from an unused root probably meaning to branch off

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

2314a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe

1a) rod, staff

1b) shaft (of spear, dart)

1c) club (of shepherd’s implement)

1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)

1e) clan, tribe

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 444 ‑ ἄνθρωπος (anth'‑ro‑pos); 758 ‑ ἄρχων (ar'‑khone); 956 ‑ βέλος (bel'‑os); 1218 ‑ δῆμος (day'‑mos); 2218 ‑ ζυγός (dzoo‑gos'); 2923 ‑ κριτής (kree‑tace'); 3056 ‑ λόγος (log'‑os); 3148 ‑ μάστιξ (mas'‑tix); 3809 ‑ παιδεία (pahee‑di'‑ah); 4127 ‑ πληγή (play‑gay'); 4464 ‑ ῥάβδος (hrab'‑dos); 5443 ‑ φυλή (foo‑lay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (188)

Genesis 3

Exodus 4

Leviticus 1

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 31

Judges 16

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 11

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 4

Job 3

Psalms 13

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Hosea 1

Amos 2

Micah 2

Zechariah 2

NAS (169)

Genesis 3

Exodus 4

Leviticus 1

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 16

Joshua 20

Judges 16

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 11

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 4

Job 3

Psalms 13

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Hosea 1

Amos 2

Micah 2

Zechariah 2

HCS (190)

Genesis 3

Exodus 4

Leviticus 1

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 33

Judges 16

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 11

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 4

Job 3

Psalms 13

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Hosea 1

Amos 2

Micah 2

Zechariah 2

BSB (190)

Genesis 3

Exodus 4

Leviticus 1

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 33

Judges 16

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 11

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 4

Job 3

Psalms 13

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Hosea 1

Amos 2

Micah 2

Zechariah 2

ESV (163)

Genesis 3

Leviticus 1

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 16

Joshua 23

Judges 16

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 10

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 4

Job 3

Psalms 13

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Hosea 1

Amos 2

Micah 2

Zechariah 2

WEB (188)

Genesis 3

Exodus 4

Leviticus 1

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 17

Joshua 33

Judges 16

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 11

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 4

Job 3

Psalms 13

Proverbs 8

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 16

Hosea 1

Amos 2

Micah 2

Zechariah 2

KJV (188)

Sceptre 1

correction 1

darts 1

pen 1

rod 34

sceptre 8

sceptres 1

staff 2

tribe 55

tribes 84

NAS (169)

club 4

correction 1

rod 27

scepter 11

scepters 1

spears 1

staff 1

tribe 40

tribes 83

HCS (190)

punishment 1

* 3

A rod 1

Israel is the tribe 1

The scepter 3

a rod 3

a scepter 2

a staff 1

a tribe 2

among the tribes 1

are the tribes 1

as the tribe 1

club 2

discipline 1

each tribe 2

for each tribe 2

for the tribes 1

he had the tribe 1

is a scepter 1

is the tribe 1

of the tribes 8

rod 12

shepherd's rod 1

spears 1

staff 2

the rod 7

the scepter 6

the scepters 1

the staff 1

the tribe 33

the tribes 35

tribal 5

tribe 17

tribes 30

BSB (190)

* 19

A rod 1

And the tribes 1

His rod 1

It would be like a staff 1

The scepter 1

The tribe 1

Then he had the tribe 1

To the tribe 2

With a rod 1

Your rod 1

[and] 1

[and] the tribe 1

[but] the rod 1

[is] the scepter 1

[of the leaders] 1

according to the tribes 1

according to their tribes 1

after the tribes 1

among His tribes 1

among the tribes 1

and a rod 1

and a scepter 1

and of the tribe 1

and the rod 2

and the scepter 1

and the tribe 3

and the tribes 1

are the tribes 1

as the tribe 1

but a rod 1

by your tribes 1

for a tribe 1

for punishment 1

for the tribe 1

for your tribes 2

from [each] tribe 1

from each of your tribes 1

from each tribe 4

from the [other] tribes 1

from the tribes 1

in the scepter 1

in the tribes 1

is the tribe 1

of her tribes 1

of the tribes 10

of tribes 1

of your tribal territories 1

of your tribes 3

scepter 3

so that a tribe 1

spears 1

staff 1

the rod 5

the scepter 5

the tribe 10

the tribes 28

to his own tribe 1

to the tribes 2

to their tribes 1

to your tribes 1

tribal 1

tribe 14

tribe by tribe 3

tribes 9

under the rod 1

with Your staff 1

with a club 2

with a rod 5

with the rod 3

you with a rod 1

your tribes 2

ESV (163)

correction 1

javelins 1

judges 1

rod 25

scepter 10

scepters 1

staff 5

tribal 1

tribe 44

tribes 74

WEB (188)

* 18

A scepter 2

All the tribes 1

Among the tribes 1

But to the tribe 1

For the scepter 1

He brought the tribe 1

It shall be that the tribe 1

The rod 1

The scepter 1

The tribe 1

The tribes 1

Whether it is for correction 1

Who is there among all the tribes 1

according to their tribes 2

according to your tribes 2

all the tribe 1

all the tribes 3

among the tribe 1

and a rod 1

and made the tribes 1

and of all the tribes 1

and the rod 1

and the scepter 1

and the tribe 2

and the tribes 1

and what if even the rod 1

brought all the tribes 1

but a rod 1

but the tribe 1

by lot to the tribes 1

by the rod 1

by their tribes 1

by your tribes 1

darts 1

even of all the tribes 1

for the scepters 1

for your tribes 1

from each tribe 1

him out of all the tribes 1

him out of all your tribes 1

him with his rod 1

him with the rod 3

his rod 1

in the tribes 1

is the scepter 1

is the tribe 1

is there of the tribes 1

it to the tribes 1

nbsp 4

near by their tribes 1

near by your tribes 1

neither is the rod 1

of her tribes 1

of the other tribes 1

of the tribe 1

of the tribes 14

of your tribes 4

or tribe 1

out of all the tribes 9

out of all your tribes 1

out of the tribes 1

person among his tribes 1

staff 1

that a tribe 1

the rod 5

the scepter 3

the tribe 6

the tribes 5

them with a rod 1

through all the tribe 1

through all the tribes 1

throughout all the tribes 3

to a tribe 1

to be a scepter 1

to him with a staff 2

to his tribe 1

to the tribe 2

to you according to the tribes 1

tribe 16

tribes 10

tribes to you 1

under the rod 2

which 1

with a rod 3

with the rod 2

with your staff 1

you with the rod 1

your tribes 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2805) u b s (סהבתה ShBTh) AC: ? CO: Branch AB: ?: A branch used as a staff, scepter, spear, writing implement or measuring rod. [from: db]

N^m ) u b s (סהבתה ShBTh) - I. Staff:A walking staff made from the branch of a tree. II. Tribe:As a branch of the family tree. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (191): tribe, rod, sceptre, staff, pen, dart, correction - Strongs: H7625 (שְׁבַט), H7626 (שֵׁבֶט)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שֵׁ֫בֶט₁₈₉ noun masculine^{Numbers 24:17} ( feminine^{Ezekiel 21:15,18} but corrupt):

1 rod, staff, club, sceptre.

2 tribe; — ׳שׁ absolute Genesis 49:10+, construct 1 Samuel 10:20 +; שָׁ֑טֶ Deuteronomy 1:23 +; sf שִׁבְטוֺ Judges 21:24+, etc.; plural שְׁבָטִים 1 Kings 11:31 +, construct שִׁבְטֵי Genesis 49:16 +, sf שְׁבָטֶיךָ Deuteronomy 12:14 +, etc.; —

1.a. rod, staff (evidently common article), for smiting (especially׳הִכָּה בַשּׁ) Exodus 21:20 (E), Micah 4:14; Isaiah 10:15 (in simile; "" מַטֶּה), Proverbs 10:13 +; מוּסָר׳שׁ compare Proverbs 29:15; for beating (חָבַט) cummin Isaiah 28:27 ("" מַטֶּה); as (inferior) weapon (opposed to חֲנִית) 2 Samuel 23:21= 1 Chronicles 11:3 (compareמַקֵּל 1 Samuel 17:40,43); figurative of ׳י s chastisement: national Isaiah 10:24; Isaiah 30:31 (both "" מַטֶּה), Isaiah 14:29, אַמִּי׳שׁ Isaiah 10:5 עֶבְרָתוֺ׳שׁ Lamentations 3:1; individual Job 9:34; Job 21:9 (אֱלוֺהַּ׳שׁ), Job 37:13,2Samuel 7:14 (אֲנָשִׁים׳שׁ, i.e. not in-human), Psalm 89:33 (both "" נְגָעִים).

b. shaft, i.e. spear, dart, 2 Samuel 18:14, but < read שְׁלָחִיםᵐ5 βέλη Th We Kit HPS Bu.

c. shepherd's implement, club, Psalm 23:4 ("" מִשְׁעֶנֶת), ׳רְעֵה בְשׁ Micah 7:14 (both figurative of ׳י); used in mustering or counting sheep Ezekiel 20:37 (figurative), Leviticus 27:32 (compare Jeremiah 33:13), see Mackie^{Hast. DB RoD}

d. truncheon, sceptre, mark of authority, סֹפֵר׳שׁ Judges 5:14, משְׁלִים׳שׁ Isaiah 14:5 ("" מַטֶּה), Genesis 49:10 (poem in J; ("" מְהֹקֵק), Zechariah 10:11 ( Psalm 45:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 19:11,14 (made from a branch, מַטֶּה); a ruler is ׳תּוֺמֵךְ שׁ Amos 1:5,8; as symbol of conquest Numbers 24:17 (JE); בַּרְזֶל׳שׁ Psalm 2:9 (of Messianic king);הָרֶשַׁע׳שׁ Psalm 125:3; עֶבְרָתוֺ׳שׁ Proverbs 22:8 (si vera lectio, compare Frankenb. Toy). — see מַטֶּה, מַקֵּל, מִשְׁעֶנֶת.

2 145:tribe (synonymמַטֶּה, q. v.

3, p. 641:b), especially

a. of (12) tribes of Israel, Genesis 49:16,28 (poem in J), Deuteronomy 33:5 (poem), Exodus 24:4 (E), + often [J E 13t., D 28t. (מַטֶּה J E D), P 9t. (compare Gray^{Numbers 4:18}; ׳מ150t. + in P); Judges 15t. (never ׳מ), Samuel 14t. (never ׳מ), Kings 13t,. (׳מ 2t.), Chronicles 15t. (׳מ23t.), Psalm , 7t. (never ׳מ), prophets 16t. (׳מ Habakkuk 3:9, very dubious)]; Judges 20:12; 1 Samuel 9:21 read שֵׁבֶט (or שִׁבְטִי Ges^{§ 90} I, We Sta^{§ 343 e} Dr, for שִׁבְטֵי), Vrss (GFM^Ju); שִׁבְטֵייָֿהּ Psalm 122:4; שִׁבְטֵי נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 63:17.

b. singular of people (of Judah, late) Psalm 74:2, but Jeremiah 10:16 = Jeremiah 51:19 strike out ׳נ׳שׁ Gf Gie Du.

c. of subdivision of tribe, ׳מִשְׁמְּחוֺת וגו׳שׁ Numbers 4:18 (P). — 2 Samuel 7:7 read שֹׁפְטֵי (compare 2 Samuel 7:11, "" 1 Chronicles 17:6, Ew Th We Dr HPS Bu and others)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שֵׁבֶט & שֶׁבֶט with suff. שִׁבְטִי, pl. שְׁבָטִים, constr. שִׁבְטֵי m. (once f. Ezekiel 21:15), a staff stick, rod, so called from supporting: (to this answer, σκήπτων, σκῆπτρον, σκηπίων, scipio, scapus, Germ. Schaft); specially

(1) used for beating or striking, Isaiah 10:15, 14:5 and chastening (virga), Proverbs 10:13, 13:24 22:8 hence שֵׁבֶט אֱלוֹהַּ the rod with which God corrects (used of calamities sent by God), Job 9:34, 21:9 37:13 Isaiah 10:5.- Isaiah 11:4, שֵׁבֶט פִּיו “the rod of his mouth,” i.e. severe sentences. [But see 2 Thessalonians 2:8.]

(2) a shepherd’s rod a crook, Levit. 27:32 Psalms 23:4.

(3) the sceptre of a king, Genesis 49:10 [this belongs to No. 4]; Numbers 24:17; Psalms 45:7; Isaiah 14:5; Amos 1:5, and of a leader, Judges 5:14 whence

(4) a tribe of the Israelites (so called from the sceptre of the leader or prince of the tribe, see מַטֶּה No. 3 ), Exodus 28:21; Judges 20:2 sometimes also i.q. מִשְׁפָּחָה family, Numbers 4:18; Judges 20:12; 1 Samuel 9:21.

(5) a measuring rod, and meton. a portion measured off, Psalms 74:2; Jeremiah 10:16, 51:19.

(6) a spear (which consists of a staff or rod, with a spear-head put at the top), 2 Samuel 18:14. Compare מַטֶּה No. 2.

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List of Word Forms

בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥י בְּשִׁבְטֵי֙ בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט בְּשֵׁ֥בֶט בְשִׁבְטֶ֗ךָ בְשֵׁ֣בֶט בִּשְׁבָטָ֣יו בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶט בַּשֵּׁ֔בֶט בַּשֵּׁ֖בֶט בַּשֵּׁ֙בֶט֙ בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶט בַּשָּֽׁבֶט׃ בַּשָּׁ֑בֶט בַשֵּׁ֔בֶט בטו בשבט בשבט׃ בשבטי בשבטיו בשבטך הַשְּׁבָטִ֑ים הַשְּׁבָטִ֖ים הַשְּׁבָטִ֣ים הַשְּׁבָטִֽים׃ הַשֵּׁ֥בֶט הַשֵּׁבֶט֩ הַשָּׁ֑בֶט השבט השבטים השבטים׃ וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט וְהַשֵּׁ֥בֶט וְשִׁבְטֵ֥י וְשֵׁ֖בֶט וְשֵׁ֥בֶט וּֽבְשֵׁ֥בֶט וּלְשֵׁ֙בֶט֙ ובשבט והשבט ולשבט ושבט ושבטי לְשִׁבְט֖וֹ לְשִׁבְטֵ֣י לְשִׁבְטֵ֥י לְשִׁבְטֵ֧י לְשִׁבְטֵיהֶ֑ם לְשִׁבְטֵיהֶֽם׃ לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֑ם לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֖ם לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶֽם׃ לְשֵׁ֣בֶט לְשֵׁ֥בֶט לִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ לִשְׁבָטָ֑יו לַשָּֽׁבֶט׃ לַשָּׁ֑בֶט לשבט לשבט׃ לשבטו לשבטי לשבטיהם לשבטיהם׃ לשבטיו לשבטיך לשבטיכם לשבטיכם׃ מִשִּׁבְטֵ֖י מִשִּׁבְטֵ֣י מִשָּֽׁבֶט׃ משבט׃ משבטי שְׁבָטִ֜ים שְׁבָטִ֡ים שְׁבָטִֽים׃ שְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ שְׁבָטֶ֔יךָ שְׁבָטֶֽיהָ׃ שִׁ֭בְטוֹ שִׁבְט֑וֹ שִׁבְטְךָ֥ שִׁבְטֵ֖י שִׁבְטֵ֣י שִׁבְטֵ֤י שִׁבְטֵ֥י שִׁבְטֵ֧י שִׁבְטֵ֨י שִׁבְטֵֽי־ שִׁבְטֵי֙ שִׁבְטֵי־ שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֔ם שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֖ם שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗ם שֵֽׁבֶט־ שֵׁ֖בֶט שֵׁ֗בֶט שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ שֵׁ֣בֶט שֵׁ֣בֶט ׀ שֵׁ֤בֶט שֵׁ֥בֶט שֵׁ֧בֶט שֵׁ֨בֶט שֵׁבֶט֩ שָֽׁבֶט׃ שבט שבט־ שבט׃ שבטו שבטי שבטי־ שבטיה׃ שבטיך שבטיכם שבטים שבטים׃ שבטך baš·šā·ḇeṭ baš·šê·ḇeṭ ḇaš·šê·ḇeṭ bashShavet bashShevet baššāḇeṭ baššêḇeṭ ḇaššêḇeṭ bə·šê·ḇeṭ ḇə·šê·ḇeṭ bə·šiḇ·ṭê ḇə·šiḇ·ṭe·ḵā ḇə·ṭōw bəšêḇeṭ ḇəšêḇeṭ beShevet beshivTei bəšiḇṭê ḇəšiḇṭeḵā ḇəṭōw biš·ḇā·ṭāw bišḇāṭāw bishvaTav haš·šā·ḇeṭ haš·šə·ḇā·ṭîm haš·šê·ḇeṭ hashShavet hashshevaTim hashsheVet haššāḇeṭ haššəḇāṭîm haššêḇeṭ laš·šā·ḇeṭ lashShavet laššāḇeṭ lə·šê·ḇeṭ lə·šiḇ·ṭê lə·šiḇ·ṭê·hem lə·šiḇ·ṭê·ḵem lə·šiḇ·ṭōw ləšêḇeṭ leShevet leshivTei leshivteiChem leshivteiHem leshivTo ləšiḇṭê ləšiḇṭêhem ləšiḇṭêḵem ləšiḇṭōw liš·ḇā·ṭāw liš·ḇā·ṭe·ḵā lišḇāṭāw lišḇāṭeḵā lishvaTav lishvaTeicha miš·šā·ḇeṭ miš·šiḇ·ṭê mishShavet mishshivTei miššāḇeṭ miššiḇṭê šā·ḇeṭ šāḇeṭ šə·ḇā·ṭe·hā šə·ḇā·ṭe·ḵā šə·ḇā·ṭîm šê·ḇeṭ šê·ḇeṭ- šəḇāṭehā šəḇāṭeḵā šəḇāṭîm šêḇeṭ šêḇeṭ- Shavet shevaTeicha shevaTeiha shevaTim shevet shivteCha shivTei shivteiChem shivTo šiḇ·ṭê šiḇ·ṭê- šiḇ·ṭə·ḵā šiḇ·ṭê·ḵem šiḇ·ṭōw šiḇṭê šiḇṭê- šiḇṭəḵā šiḇṭêḵem šiḇṭōw ū·ḇə·šê·ḇeṭ ū·lə·šê·ḇeṭ ūḇəšêḇeṭ ūləšêḇeṭ uleShevet uveShevet vashShevet vehashShevet veShevet veshivTecha veshivTei vetov wə·haš·šê·ḇeṭ wə·šê·ḇeṭ wə·šiḇ·ṭê wəhaššêḇeṭ wəšêḇeṭ wəšiḇṭê