שֵׁ֫בֶט

she.vetNoun (Masculine)H7626

tribe: staff

From: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off;

Short Definition

a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

Full Lexicon Entry

staff 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

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

166 times

Appears 166 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Joshua
29
Ezk
14
Judges
14
Deuteronomy
13
1 Chronicles
11

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 11:23
  • 2 Samuel 15:2
  • Ezk 47:13
  • Judges 21:8
  • Joshua 4:4

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.