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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 8 times in 8 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff H4294 of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5 - O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff H4294 in their hand is mine indignation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:15 - Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff H4294 should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff H4294 against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26 - And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod H4294 was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5 - The LORD hath broken the staff H4294 of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:27 - For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, H4294 and the cummin with a rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And in every place where the grounded staff H4294 shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
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