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Lexicon :: Strong's H7626 - šēḇeṭ

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שֵׁבֶט
Transliteration
šēḇeṭ
Pronunciation
shay'-bet
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to branch off
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2314a

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).
  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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.
STRONGS H7626: Abbreviations
שֵׁ֫בֶט 189 noun masculineNumbers 24:17 (feminineEzekiel 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 Greek Version of the LXX 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 MackieHast. 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 GrayNumbers 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 (GFMJu); 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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:10; 49:10; 49:16; 49:16; 49:28

Exodus

21:20; 24:4

Leviticus

27:32

Numbers

4:18; 4:18; 24:17; 24:17

Deuteronomy

1:23; 12:14; 33:5

Judges

5:14; 20:12; 21:24

1 Samuel

9:21; 10:20; 17:40; 17:43

2 Samuel

7:7; 7:11; 7:14; 18:14; 23:21

1 Kings

11:31

1 Chronicles

11:3; 17:6

Job

9:34; 21:9; 37:13

Psalms

2:9; 23:4; 45:7; 74:2; 89:33; 122:4; 125:3

Proverbs

10:13; 22:8; 29:15

Isaiah

10:5; 10:15; 10:24; 14:5; 14:29; 28:27; 30:31; 63:17

Jeremiah

10:16; 33:13; 51:19

Lamentations

3:1

Ezekiel

19:11; 19:14; 20:37; 21:15; 21:18

Amos

1:5; 1:8

Micah

5:1; 7:14

Habakkuk

3:9

Zechariah

10:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7626 matches the Hebrew שֵׁבֶט (šēḇeṭ),
which occurs 190 times in 178 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Jos 21:16–1Ki 18:31)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - and [fn]Ain with its pasture lands, and Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes H7626.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:7 -

Now to the one half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua gave a possession among their brothers westward beyond the Jordan. So when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh returned home and departed from the sons of Israel at Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession which they had possessed, according to the [fn]command of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 -

And they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a large altar in appearance.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - And the sons of Israel heard it [fn]said, “Behold, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh have built an altar at the [fn]entrance of the land of Canaan, in the region of the Jordan, on the side belonging to the sons of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:13 -

Then the sons of Israel sent to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:15 - So they came to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:21 -

Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - “See, I have allotted to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes H7626, with all the nations which I have cut off, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 -

Then Joshua gathered all the tribes H7626 of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 -

“From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down,

Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples;

From Machir commanders came down,

And from Zebulun those who wield the staff H7626 of a scribe.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:1 -

In those days there was no king of Israel; and in those days the tribe H7626 of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day the land among the tribes H7626 of Israel had not fallen to them as an inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - And they said to him, “Be silent; put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man or to be priest to a tribe H7626 and a family in Israel?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:30 - Then the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of [fn]Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe H7626 of the Danites until the day of the exile of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:2 - And the [fn]chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes H7626 of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 foot [fn]soldiers who draw the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - “And we will take 10 men out of 100 throughout the tribes H7626 of Israel, and 100 out of 1,000, and 1,000 out of 10,000 in order to take up provisions for the people, that when they come to [fn]Gibeah of Benjamin, they may do to them according to all the disgraceful acts that they have done in Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:12 -

Then the tribes H7626 of Israel sent men through the entire [fn]tribe H7626 of Benjamin, saying, “What is this evil that has taken place among you?

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:3 - And they said, “Why, O Yahweh, God of Israel, has this come about in Israel, so that one tribe H7626 should be missing today from Israel?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 -

Then the sons of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes H7626 of Israel who did not come up in the assembly to Yahweh?” For [fn]they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to Yahweh at Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the sons of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin and said, “One tribe H7626 is cut off from Israel today.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:8 -

So they said, “What one is there of the tribes H7626 of Israel who did not come up to Yahweh at Mizpah?” And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people were sorry for Benjamin because Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes H7626 of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:17 - And they said, “There must be a possession for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe H7626 will not be blotted out from Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:24 - Then the sons of Israel went away from there at that time, every man to his tribe H7626 and family, and each one of them went out from there to his inheritance.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - ‘And did I not choose them from all the tribes H7626 of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me; and did I not give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - And Saul answered and said, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes H7626 of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the [fn]tribe H7626 of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me in this way?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - “But you have today rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have [fn]said, ‘No, but set a king over us!’ So now, take your stand before Yahweh by your tribes H7626 and by your clans.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:20 -

Thus Samuel brought all the tribes H7626 of Israel near, and the tribe H7626 of Benjamin was taken by lot.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - Then he brought the tribe H7626 of Benjamin near by its families, and the Matrite family was taken. And Saul the son of Kish was taken; but they looked for him, and he could not be found.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17 -

And Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes H7626 of Israel? And Yahweh anointed you king over Israel,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:1 -

Then all the tribes H7626 of Israel came to David at Hebron and [fn]said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - “Wherever I have gone about with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes H7626 of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will reprove him with the rod H7626 of men and the strikes from the sons of men,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate; and when any man had a case to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes H7626 of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes H7626 of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Then Joab said, “I will not wait around here before you.” So he took three [fn]spears H7626 in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the [fn]midst of the oak.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - And it happened that all the people were disputing throughout all the tribes H7626 of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the [fn]hand of our enemies and provided us escape from the [fn]hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:14 -

Now he went through all the tribes H7626 of Israel to Abel, even Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they were assembled and also came after him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - He had also struck down an Egyptian, [fn]an impressive man. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear, but he went down to him with a club H7626 and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - So the king said to Joab the commander of the military force who was with him, “Go about now through all the tribes H7626 of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and [fn]take a census of the people, that I may know the total count of the people.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16 - ‘Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes H7626 of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, but I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13 - “However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe H7626 to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31 - And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes H7626,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:32 - but he will have one tribe H7626, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes H7626 of Israel,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:35 - but I will take the kingdom from his son’s hand and give it to you—the ten tribes H7626.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - ‘But to his son I will give one tribe H7626, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 -

Now it happened when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation and made him king over all Israel. None but the tribe H7626 of Judah followed the house of David.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 -

Then Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe H7626 of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who could wage war, to fight against the house of Israel to return the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 -

Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon became king in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes H7626 of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:31 - Then Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes H7626 of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

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