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 timesAppears 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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