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Lexicon :: Strong's H4294 - maṭṭê

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מַטֶּה
Transliteration
maṭṭê
Pronunciation
mat-teh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1352b

Strong’s Definitions

מַטֶּה maṭṭeh, mat-teh'; or (feminine) מַטָּה maṭṭâh; from H5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread):—rod, staff, tribe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 251x

The KJV translates Strong's H4294 in the following manner: tribe (182x), rod (52x), staff (15x), staves (1x), tribe (with H4294) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 251x
The KJV translates Strong's H4294 in the following manner: tribe (182x), rod (52x), staff (15x), staves (1x), tribe (with H4294) (1x).

  1. staff, branch, tribe

    1. staff, rod, shaft

    2. branch (of vine)

    3. tribe

      1. company led by chief with staff (originally)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַטֶּה maṭṭeh, mat-teh'; or (feminine) מַטָּה maṭṭâh; from H5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread):—rod, staff, tribe.
STRONGS H4294: Abbreviations
מַטֶּה 251 noun masculineExodus 4:17 (feminine Micah 6:9 according to MT, but dubious, see below)
1. staff, rod, shaft.
2. branch.
3. tribe (Ecclus 48:2 staff, Ecclesiasticus 45:6; Ecclesiasticus 45:25 tribe); — absolute מ׳ Genesis 38:25 +; construct מַטַּה Exodus 4:20 +; suffix מַטְּךָ Genesis 38:18 + 5 times, מַטֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 8:1, מַטֵּ֫הוּ Isaiah 10:24 + 10 times; plural מַטּוֺת 1 Kings 8:1 +, etc.; suffix מַטּוֺחָם Exodus 7:12; Numbers 17:21; also מַטָּיו Habakkuk 3:14 (but read מַטֶּיךָ or — Gr — מַטֹּתֶיךָ); —
1. (compare מַקֵּל, שֵׁבֶט) staff of traveller Genesis 38:18, 25 (J); in general Isaiah 10:15 (simile; || שֵׁבֶט); from staff as support comes figurative מַטֵּהלֶֿחֶם staff of bread (food supply) Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 14:13; Leviticus 26:26; Psalm 105:16; of staff or rod, Moses as shepherd Exodus 4:2, 4; Exodus 7:15 (J), Exodus 4:17; Exodus 7:17, 20; Exodus 9:23; Exodus 10:13; Exodus 17:5 (all E); compare also Isaiah 10:26; Exodus 14:16; Numbers 20:8, 9, 11 (all P); called הָאֱלֹהִים מ׳ Exodus 4:20; Exodus 17:9 (both E), because of miraculous power connected with it; compare mirac. rod of Aaron Exodus 7:9, 10, 12, 19; Exodus 8:1; Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13 (all P), and of Egyptian magicians Exodus 7:12 (twice in verse) (P); compare Aaron's rod that budded Numbers 17:18 [Numbers 17:3]; Numbers 17:21 [Numbers 17:6]; Numbers 17:23 [Numbers 17:8]; Numbers 17:25 [Numbers 17:10] (compare RSSemitic i. 180; 2d ed. 197); carried even by warrior 1 Samuel 14:27, 43; מַטֵּה שִׁכְמוֺ Isaiah 9:3 i.e. rod that strikes his shoulder, task-master's rod (|| שֵׁבֶט הַנֹּגֵשׂ בּוֺ), compare Isaiah 10:5 and Isaiah 10:24; Isaiah 14:5 (|| שֵׁבֶט), all figurative of oppression; מַטֵּה מוּסָדָה Isaiah 30:32 appointed rod (of punishment); compare מ׳ Ezekiel 7:10, 11 (but text obscure, Co — which see — sceptre), also Micah 6:9 according to MT, but see below 3; used in beating out (חבט) fennel Isaiah 28:27; staff as badge of leader or ruler מַטֵּהעֹֿז Jeremiah 48:17 (|| מַקֵּל), compare Psalm 110:2; so Numbers 17:17 [Numbers 17:2] (4 times in verse) + 10 times Numbers 17; apparently shafts, i.e. arrows or spears, Habakkuk 3:9, 14 (compare Now Da GASm).
†2. branch of vine Ezekiel 19:11, 12, 14 (twice in verse).
3. tribe (183 times), originally company led by chief with staff: specifically of tribes of Israel in both singular and plural, 1 Kings 7:14; 1 Kings 8:1 2 Chronicles 5:2; Exodus 31:2 + 5 times Exodus; Leviticus 24:11; Numbers 1:4 + 89 times Numbers; Joshua 7:1 + 56 times Joshua (all P); 1 Chronicles 6:45 + 21 times 1 Chronicles 6; 1 Chronicles 12:31; probably also Micah 6:9 (vocative; so Greek Version of the LXX We Now GASm). — compare שֵׁבֶט, and on relation of these two words for tribe Hebrew usage DrJPhoenician xi. (1882), 213 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:18; 38:18; 38:25; 38:25

Exodus

4:2; 4:4; 4:17; 4:17; 4:20; 4:20; 7:9; 7:10; 7:12; 7:12; 7:12; 7:15; 7:17; 7:19; 7:20; 8:1; 8:1; 8:12; 8:13; 9:23; 10:13; 14:16; 17:5; 17:9; 31:2

Leviticus

24:11; 26:26

Numbers

1:4; 17; 17:2; 17:3; 17:6; 17:8; 17:10; 20:8; 20:9; 20:11

Joshua

7:1

1 Samuel

14:27; 14:43

1 Kings

7:14; 8:1; 8:1

1 Chronicles

6; 6:45; 12:31

2 Chronicles

5:2

Psalms

105:16; 110:2

Isaiah

9:3; 10:5; 10:15; 10:24; 10:24; 10:26; 14:5; 28:27; 30:32

Jeremiah

48:17

Ezekiel

4:16; 5:16; 7:10; 7:11; 14:13; 19:11; 19:12; 19:14

Micah

6:9; 6:9; 6:9

Habakkuk

3:9; 3:14; 3:14

H4294

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Strong's Number H4294 matches the Hebrew מַטֶּה (maṭṭê),
which occurs 252 times in 205 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 38:18–Num 2:20)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:18 - He said, "What pledge will I give you?" She said, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these - the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:2 - The LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:4 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail." He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 - You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:20 - Moshe took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Mitzrayim. Moshe took God's rod in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:9 - "When Par`oh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aharon, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Par`oh, that it become a serpent.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:10 - Moshe and Aharon went in to Par`oh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded: and Aharon cast down his rod before Par`oh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aharon's rod swallowed up their rods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Go to Par`oh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:17 - Thus says the LORD, "In this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Mitzrayim, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Mitzrayim, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:20 - Moshe and Aharon did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Par`oh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Mitzrayim.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:16 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the eretz, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Mitzrayim.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - They did so; and Aharon stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the eretz, and there were lice on man, and on animal; all the dust of the eretz became lice throughout all the land of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - Moshe stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and the LORD sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the eretz. The LORD rained hail on the land of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - Moshe stretched forth his rod over the land of Mitzrayim, and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16 - Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Yisra'el shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Walk on before the people, and take the Zakenim of Yisra'el with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - Moshe said to Yehoshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with `Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:2 - "Behold, I have called by name Betzal'el the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Yehudah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholi'av, the son of Achisamakh, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:30 - Moshe said to the children of Yisra'el, "Behold, the LORD has called by name Betzal'el the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Yehudah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:34 - He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholi'av, the son of Achisamakh, of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:22 - Betzal'el the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Yehudah, made all that the LORD commanded Moshe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - With him was Oholi'av, the son of Achisamakh, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - The son of the Yisra'elite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moshe. His mother's name was Shelomit, the daughter of Divri, of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:26 - When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:4 - With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers' house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Re'uven, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Shim`on, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Yehudah, were sixty-four thousand six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Yissakhar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zevulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Efrayim, were forty thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Menashsheh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Binyamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naftali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 - But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Yisra'el;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Yissakhar: and the prince of the children of Yissakhar shall be Netan'el the son of Tzu`ar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - The tribe of Zevulun: and the prince of the children of Zevulun shall be Eli'av the son of Helon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Shim`on. The prince of the children of Shim`on shall be Shelumi'el the son of Tzurishaddai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Elyasaf the son of Re`u'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - "Next to him shall be the tribe of Menashsheh: and the prince of the children of Menashsheh shall be Gamli'el the son of Pedatzur.

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