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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
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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 4 / 4 (Isa 49:6–Zec 10:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6 -

He says, “It is too [fn]small a thing that You should be My Servant

To raise up the tribes H7626 of Jacob and to restore the protected ones of Israel;

I will also make You a light [fn]of the nations

So that My salvation may [fn]reach to the end of the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:17 -

Why, LORD, do You cause us to stray from Your ways

And harden our heart from fearing You?

Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes H7626 of Your heritage.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:16 -

The Portion of Jacob is not like these;

For He is the [fn]Maker of everything,

And Israel is the tribe H7626 of His inheritance;

The LORD of armies is His name.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:19 -

The portion of Jacob is not like these;

For He is the [fn]Maker of everything,

And of the [fn]tribe H7626 of His inheritance;

The LORD of armies is His name.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:1 -

I am the man who has seen misery

Because of the rod H7626 of His wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:11 -

‘And it had [fn]strong stems fit for scepters H7626 of rulers,

And its height was raised above the clouds

So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:14 -

‘And fire has gone out from its stem;

It has consumed its shoots and fruit,

So that there is no [fn]strong stem in it,

A scepter H7626 to rule.’”

This is a song of mourning, and has become a song of mourning.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:37 - “I will make you pass under the rod H7626, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 -

‘Sharpened to make a slaughter,

Polished [fn]to flash like lightning!’

Or shall we rejoice, the [fn]rod H7626 of My son despising every tree?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13 - “For there is a testing; and what if even the [fn]rod H7626 which despises will cease to be?” declares the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:19 - say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes H7626 of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - This shall be his land as a possession in Israel; so My princes shall no longer oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes H7626.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 -

This is what the Lord [fn]GOD says: “This shall be the boundary by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes H7626 of Israel; Joseph shall have two portions.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:21 -

“So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes H7626 of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:22 - “You shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the strangers who stay in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel; they shall be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes H7626 of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:23 - “And in the tribe H7626 with which the stranger resides, there you shall give him his inheritance,” declares the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 -

“Now these are the names of the tribes H7626: from the northern extremity, [fn]beside the way of Hethlon to [fn]Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north [fn]beside Hamath, [fn]running from east to west, Dan, one portion.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:19 - “And the workers of the city, out of all the tribes H7626 of Israel, shall cultivate it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:23 -

“As for the rest of the tribes H7626: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:29 - “This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes H7626 of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares the Lord [fn]GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31 - [fn]shall be the gates of the city, [fn]named for the tribes H7626 of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; and the gate of Levi, one.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 -

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke;

Among the tribes H7626 of Israel I make known what is trustworthy.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 -

“I will also break the gate bar of Damascus,

And eliminate every inhabitant from the [fn]Valley of Aven,

As well as him who holds the scepter H7626, from Beth-eden;

So the people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,”

Says the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 -

“I will also eliminate every inhabitant from Ashdod,

As well as him who holds the scepter H7626, from Ashkelon;

And I will direct My [fn]power against Ekron,

And the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”

Says the Lord [fn]GOD.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1 -

[fn]Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;

[fn]They have laid siege against us;

With a rod H7626 they will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 -

Shepherd Your people with Your scepter H7626,

The flock of Your [fn]possession

Which lives by itself in the woodland,

In the midst of [fn]a fruitful field.

Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead

As in the days of old.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:1 -

The pronouncement of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of mankind, especially of all the tribes H7626 of Israel, are toward the LORD),

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 -

“And they will pass through the sea of distress

And He will strike the waves in the sea,

So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;

And the pride of Assyria will be brought down,

And the scepter H7626 of Egypt will depart.


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