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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.
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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 - [fn]Ain with its pasture lands, 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 also blessed them,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - So the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh returned home, [fn]leaving 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 in which they had settled, in accordance with the [fn]command of the LORD [fn]through Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - But the sons of Israel [fn]heard a report: “Behold, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh have built an altar at the [fn]frontier 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, to the sons of Gad, and to the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

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

Then the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the [fn]families of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - “See, I have apportioned to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes H7626, with all the nations which I have eliminated, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the [fn]west.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 -

Then Joshua gathered all the tribes H7626 of Israel at Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, their heads, 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 [fn]office.

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 [fn]an inheritance had not [fn]been allotted to them as a possession among the tribes H7626 of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - And they said to him, “Be silent, put your hand over your mouth, and go 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 - The sons of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of [fn]Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe H7626 of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:2 - And the [fn]leaders of all the people, all the tribes H7626 of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand foot [fn]soldiers who drew the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - “And we will take ten men out of a hundred throughout the tribes H7626 of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand to [fn]supply provisions for the people, so that when they come to [fn]Gibeah of Benjamin, they may [fn]punish them for all the vile sin that they have committed 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 wickedness that has taken place among you?

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:3 - And they said, “Why, LORD, God of Israel, has this happened in Israel, that one tribe H7626 is 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 go up to the LORD in the assembly?” For [fn]they had taken a solemn oath concerning anyone who did not go up to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, “He shall certainly be put to death.”

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

And they said, “What one is there of the tribes H7626 of Israel that did not go up to the LORD 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 the LORD had created a gap in the tribes H7626 of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:17 - And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe H7626 will not be wiped out from Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:24 - And the sons of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe H7626 and family, and each one departed from there to his inheritance.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - ‘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 - Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjaminite, 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 have you spoken to me in this way?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - “But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your catastrophes and your distresses; yet you have [fn]said, ‘No, but put a king over us!’ Now then, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes H7626 and by your [fn]groups of thousands.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:20 -

So Samuel brought all the tribes H7626 of Israel forward; and the tribe H7626 of Benjamin was selected by lot.

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

So Samuel said, “[fn]Is it not true, though you were [fn]insignificant in your own eyes, that you became the head of the tribes H7626 of Israel? For the LORD anointed you as 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 with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes H7626 of Israel, whom 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 does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod H7626 of men and with strokes of sons of mankind,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the road to the gate; and when any man who had a lawsuit was to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call out 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 - But Absalom sent spies throughout 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 [fn]waste time here with you.” So he took three spears H7626 in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the [fn]midst of the oak.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - And all the people were quarreling throughout the tribes H7626 of Israel, saying, “The king rescued us from the [fn]hands of our enemies and saved us from the [fn]hands of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:14 -

Now he went on through all the tribes H7626 of Israel to Abel, that is, Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they assembled and went after him as well.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - And he [fn]killed an Egyptian, [fn]an impressive man. Now the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, 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 army, who was with him, “Roam about now through all the tribes H7626 of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and conduct a census of the people, so that I may know the number 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 so that My name would be there, but I chose David to be over My people Israel.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13 - “Yet 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 this is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am going to tear the kingdom away from the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes H7626
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:32 - (but he shall 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; that is, ten tribes H7626.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - ‘But to his son I will give one tribe H7626, so that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 -

And it came about, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent word and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel. None except the tribe H7626 of Judah alone followed the house of David.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 -

Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe H7626 of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 -

Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD 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, corresponding to the number of the tribes H7626 of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

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