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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:19 - “Now these are the names of the men:

Of the tribe H4294 of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:20 -

“Of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:21 -

“Of the tribe H4294 of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:22 -

“Of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:23 -

“Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:24 -

“Of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:25 -

“Of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:26 -

“Of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:27 -

“Of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:28 -

“Of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - “But if they [fn]marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe H4294 to which they belong; thus it will be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:4 - “And when the jubilee of the sons of Israel [fn]comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe H4294 to which they belong; so their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of our fathers.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:5 -

Then Moses commanded the sons of Israel according to the [fn]word of Yahweh, saying, “The tribe H4294 of the sons of Joseph are right in their statements.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - “This is [fn]what Yahweh has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whoever is good in their sight; only they must marry within the family of the tribe H4294 of their father.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:7 - “Thus no inheritance of the sons of Israel shall [fn]be transferred from tribe H4294 to tribe H4294, for the sons of Israel shall each [fn]hold to the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of his fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - “And every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe H4294 of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe H4294 of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:9 - “Thus no inheritance shall [fn]be transferred from one tribe H4294 to another tribe H4294, for the tribes H4294 of the sons of Israel shall each [fn]hold to his own inheritance.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12 - They married those from the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance [fn]remained with the tribe H4294 of the family of their father.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 -

But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things devoted to destruction. Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe H4294 of Judah, took some of the devoted things; therefore the anger of Yahweh burned against the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:18 - And he brought his household near man by man; and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe H4294 of Judah, was taken.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 -

So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe H4294 of the sons of Reuben according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:24 -

Moses also gave an inheritance to the tribe H4294 of Gad, to the sons of Gad, according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29 -

Moses also gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh; and it was for the half-tribe H4294 of the sons of Manasseh according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 -

Now these are the territories which the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the [fn]households of the tribes H4294 of the sons of Israel apportioned to them for an inheritance,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:2 - by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes H4294 and the half-tribe H4294.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes H4294 and the half-tribe H4294 beyond the Jordan; but he did not give an inheritance to the Levites among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the sons of Joseph were two tribes H4294, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their livestock and for their property.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 -

Now the lot for the tribe H4294 of the sons of Judah according to their families [fn]reached the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the far end toward the south.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 -

This is the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Judah according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 -

Now the cities at the far end of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the south were Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah the border continued westward to the [fn]brook of Kanah, and [fn]it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Ephraim according to their families,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 -

And this was the lot for the tribe H4294 of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, [fn]were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 -

Now the lot of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot [fn]lay between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 -

Now the cities of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho and Beth-hoglah and Emek-keziz,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 -

Then the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe H4294 of the sons of Simeon according to their families, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all the villages which were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the [fn]Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Simeon according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - This was the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24 -

Now the fifth lot came out for the tribe H4294 of the sons of Asher according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This was the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - This was the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:40 -

The seventh lot came out for the tribe H4294 of the sons of Dan according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - This was the inheritance of the tribe H4294 of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 -

These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the [fn]households of the tribes H4294 of the sons of Israel distributed by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - Now beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they [fn]designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe H4294 of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe H4294 of Gad and Golan in Bashan from the tribe H4294 of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 -

Then the heads of [fn]households of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of [fn]households of the tribes H4294 of the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, [fn]received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe H4294 of Judah and from the tribe H4294 of the Simeonites and from the tribe H4294 of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 -

Now the rest of the sons of Kohath [fn]received ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe H4294 of Ephraim and from the tribe H4294 of Dan and from the half-tribe H4294 of Manasseh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 -

And the sons of Gershon [fn]received thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe H4294 of Issachar and from the tribe H4294 of Asher and from the tribe H4294 of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe H4294 of Manasseh in Bashan.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 -

The sons of Merari according to their families [fn]received twelve cities from the tribe H4294 of Reuben and from the tribe H4294 of Gad and from the tribe H4294 of Zebulun.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:9 -

They also gave from the tribe H4294 of the sons of Judah and from the tribe H4294 of the sons of Simeon these cities which are here mentioned by name;


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