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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 4 / 5 (Jos 21:17–Eze 19:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:17 - From the tribe H4294 of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 -

Then the cities from the tribe H4294 of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even to the rest of the sons of Kohath.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:23 - From the tribe H4294 of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:25 - From the half-tribe H4294 of Manasseh, they gave Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 -

Now to the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe H4294 of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:28 - From the tribe H4294 of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:30 - From the tribe H4294 of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - From the tribe H4294 of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34 -

Now to the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe H4294 of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:36 - From the tribe H4294 of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - From the tribe H4294 of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:1 -

Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe H4294 of Manasseh,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14 - and with him ten leaders, one leader for each father’s household from each of the tribes H4294 of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father’s household among the [fn]thousands of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under a sworn oath; therefore, he put out the end of the staff H4294 that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:43 -

Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” So Jonathan told him and said, “I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff H4294 that was in my hand. Here I am; I must die!”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was a widow’s son from the tribe H4294 of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and discernment and knowledge to do any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 -

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes H4294, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 -

from the tribe H4294 of Benjamin:

Geba with its pasture lands, [fn]Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands.

All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61 -

Now to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, from the family of the tribe H4294, from the half-tribe H4294, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 -

And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, were given from the tribe H4294 of Issachar and from the tribe H4294 of Asher, the tribe H4294 of Naphtali, and the tribe H4294 of Manasseh, thirteen cities in Bashan.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 -

To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe H4294 of Reuben, the tribe H4294 of Gad, and the tribe H4294 of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65 - They also gave by lot from the tribe H4294 of the sons of Judah, the tribe H4294 of the sons of Simeon, and the tribe H4294 of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned here by name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:66 -

Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe H4294 of Ephraim.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:70 -

and from the half-tribe H4294 of Manasseh:

Aner with its pasture lands and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the family of the rest of the sons of Kohath.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:71 -

To the sons of Gershom were given, from the family of the half-tribe H4294 of Manasseh:

Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:72 -

and from the tribe H4294 of Issachar:

Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:74 -

and from the tribe H4294 of Asher:

Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76 -

and from the tribe H4294 of Naphtali:

Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:77 -

To the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, were given, from the tribe H4294 of Zebulun:

Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 -

and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, from the tribe H4294 of Reuben:

Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:80 -

and from the tribe H4294 of Gad:

Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 -

Of the half-tribe H4294 of Manasseh 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 -

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes H4294, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16 -

And He called for a famine upon the land;

He broke the whole staff H4294 of bread.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:2 -

Yahweh will stretch forth Your strong scepter H4294 from Zion, saying,

“Have dominion in the midst of Your enemies.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 -

For You shall shatter the yoke of their burden and the staff H4294 on their shoulders,

The rod of their taskmaster, as [fn]at the battle of Midian.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5 -

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger

And the staff H4294 in whose hands is My indignation,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:15 -

Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it?

Is the saw to magnify itself over the one who wields it?

That would be like a rod wielding those who lift it,

Or like a staff H4294 lifting him who is not wood.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 -

Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh of hosts, “O My people who inhabit Zion, do not fear the Assyrian [fn]who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff H4294 against you, the way Egypt did.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26 - And Yahweh of hosts will waken a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff H4294 will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5 -

“Yahweh has broken the staff H4294 of the wicked,

The scepter of rulers

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:27 -

For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge,

Nor is the wheel of a cart [fn]driven over cumin;

But dill is beaten out with a staff H4294, and cumin with a rod.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 -

And every [fn]blow of the [fn]appointed staff H4294,

Which Yahweh will cause to rest upon him,

Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres;

And in battles, waving weapons He will fight them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17 -

“Mourn for him, all you who live around him,

Even all of you who know his name;

Say, ‘How has the strong [fn]scepter H4294 been broken,

A staff of beauty!’

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16 - Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff H4294 of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and in desolation
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:16 - ‘When I send against them the [fn]deadly arrows of famine which [fn]were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will also intensify the famine upon you and break the staff H4294 of bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:10 -

‘Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! Your doom has gone forth; the rod H4294 has blossomed; arrogance has budded.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:11 - ‘Violence [fn]has grown into a rod H4294 of wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their multitude, none of their moaning, nor anything eminent among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:13 - “Son of man, if a country sins against Me by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it, break its staff H4294 of bread, send famine against it, and cut off from it both man and beast,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:11 -

‘And it had [fn]strong thick H4294 branches H4294 fit for scepters of rulers,

And its height was exalted above the clouds

So that it was seen in its exaltedness with the mass of its foliage.


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