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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
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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 3 / 5 (Num 34:19–Jos 21:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:19 - And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe H4294 of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:20 - And of the tribe H4294 of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:21 - Of the tribe H4294 of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:22 - And the prince of the tribe H4294 of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:23 - The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe H4294 of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:24 - And the prince of the tribe H4294 of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:25 - And the prince of the tribe H4294 of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:26 - And the prince of the tribe H4294 of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:27 - And the prince of the tribe H4294 of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:28 - And the prince of the tribe H4294 of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe H4294 whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:4 - And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe H4294 whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:5 - And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe H4294 of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe H4294 of their father shall they marry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:7 - So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe H4294 to tribe: H4294 for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe H4294 of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe H4294 of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:9 - Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe H4294 to another tribe; H4294 but every one of the tribes H4294 of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12 - And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe H4294 of the family of their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe H4294 of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:18 - And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe H4294 of Judah, was taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 - And Moses gave unto the tribe H4294 of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:24 - And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe H4294 of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29 - And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe H4294 of the children of Manasseh by their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 - And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes H4294 of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:2 - By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, H4294 and for the half tribe. H4294

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes H4294 and an half tribe H4294 on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the children of Joseph were two tribes, H4294 Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - This then was the lot of the tribe H4294 of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 - This is the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the children of Judah according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 - And the uttermost cities of the tribe H4294 of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the children of Ephraim by their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 - There was also a lot for the tribe H4294 of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 - And the lot of the tribe H4294 of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - Now the cities of the tribe H4294 of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 - And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe H4294 of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the children of Simeon according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - This is the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24 - And the fifth lot came out for the tribe H4294 of the children of Asher according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This is the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - This is the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:40 - And the seventh lot came out for the tribe H4294 of the children of Dan according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - This is the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes H4294 of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe H4294 of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe H4294 of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe H4294 of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes H4294 of the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe H4294 of Judah, and out of the tribe H4294 of Simeon, and out of the tribe H4294 of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe H4294 of Ephraim, and out of the tribe H4294 of Dan, and out of the half tribe H4294 of Manasseh, ten cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe H4294 of Issachar, and out of the tribe H4294 of Asher, and out of the tribe H4294 of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe H4294 of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe H4294 of Reuben, and out of the tribe H4294 of Gad, and out of the tribe H4294 of Zebulun, twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:9 - And they gave out of the tribe H4294 of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe H4294 of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,

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