Lexicon :: Strong's H7626 - šēḇeṭ

שֵׁבֶט

Transliteration

šēḇeṭ

Pronunciation

shay'-bet

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root probably meaning to branch off

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2314a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁבֶט shêbeṭ, shay'-bet; from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan:—× correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 190x

The KJV translates Strong's H7626 in the following manner: tribe (140x), rod (34x), sceptre (10x), staff (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 190x

The KJV translates Strong's H7626 in the following manner: tribe (140x), rod (34x), sceptre (10x), staff (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe
1. rod, staff
2. shaft (of spear, dart)
3. club (of shepherd's implement)
4. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)
5. clan, tribe

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7626: Abbreviations

שֵׁ֫בֶט ₁₈₉ 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 +; suffix שִׁבְטוֺ Judges 21:24+, etc.; plural שְׁבָטִים 1 Kings 11:31 +, construct שִׁבְטֵי Genesis 49:16 +, suffix שְׁבָטֶיךָ Deuteronomy 12:14 +, etc.; —

†1.

a. rod, staff (evidently common article), for smiting (especiallyהִכָּה בַשּׁ׳) Exodus 21:20 (E), Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; 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, 2 Samuel 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 שְׁלָחִים 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, which see 3., 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 + 13 times, D + 28 times (מַטֶּה J E D), P + 9 times (compare Gray^{Numbers 4:18}; מ׳ + 150 times + in P); Judges + 15 times. (never מ׳), Samuel + 14 times (never מ׳), Kings + 13 times). (מ׳ + 2 times), Chronicles + 15 times (מ׳ + 23 times), Psalms, + 7 times (never מ׳), prophets + 16 times (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, וגו׳ מִשְׁפְּחוֹת 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)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7625.

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