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Lexicon :: Strong's H7626 - šēḇeṭ

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שֵׁבֶט
Transliteration
šēḇeṭ
Pronunciation
shay'-bet
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to branch off
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2314a

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁבֶט shêbeṭ, shay'-bet; from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan:—× correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 190x

The KJV translates Strong's H7626 in the following manner: tribe (140x), rod (34x), sceptre (10x), staff (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 190x
The KJV translates Strong's H7626 in the following manner: tribe (140x), rod (34x), sceptre (10x), staff (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe

    1. rod, staff

    2. shaft (of spear, dart)

    3. club (of shepherd's implement)

    4. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)

    5. clan, tribe

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁבֶט shêbeṭ, shay'-bet; from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan:—× correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
STRONGS H7626: Abbreviations
שֵׁ֫בֶט 189 noun masculineNumbers 24:17 (feminineEzekiel 21:15, 18 but corrupt): 1. rod, staff, club, sceptre. 2. tribe; — שׁ׳ absolute Genesis 49:10+, construct 1 Samuel 10:20 +; שָׁ֑טֶ Deuteronomy 1:23 +; suffix שִׁבְטוֺ Judges 21:24+, etc.; plural שְׁבָטִים 1 Kings 11:31 +, construct שִׁבְטֵי Genesis 49:16 +, suffix שְׁבָטֶיךָ Deuteronomy 12:14 +, etc.; —
†1.
a. rod, staff (evidently common article), for smiting (especiallyהִכָּה בַשּׁ׳) Exodus 21:20 (E), Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; Isaiah 10:15 (in simile; || מַטֶּה), Proverbs 10:13 +; מוּסָר שׁ׳ compare Proverbs 29:15; for beating (חָבַט) cummin Isaiah 28:27 (|| מַטֶּה); as (inferior) weapon (opposed to חֲנִית) 2 Samuel 23:21= 1 Chronicles 11:3 (compareמַקֵּל 1 Samuel 17:40, 43); figurative of י׳'s chastisement: national Isaiah 10:24; Isaiah 30:31 (both || מַטֶּה), Isaiah 14:29, אַמִּי שׁ׳ Isaiah 10:5 עֶבְרָתוֺ שׁ׳ Lamentations 3:1; individual Job 9:34; Job 21:9 (אֱלוֺהַּ שׁ׳), Job 37:13, 2 Samuel 7:14 (אֲנָשִׁים שׁ׳, i.e. not in-human), Psalm 89:33 (both || נְגָעִים).
b. shaft, i.e. spear, dart, 2 Samuel 18:14, but < read שְׁלָחִים Greek Version of the LXX βέλη Th We Kit HPS Bu.
c. shepherd's implement, club, Psalm 23:4 (|| מִשְׁעֶנֶת), רְעֵה בְשׁ׳ Micah 7:14 (both figurative of י׳); used in mustering or counting sheep Ezekiel 20:37 (figurative), Leviticus 27:32 (compare Jeremiah 33:13), see MackieHast. DB RoD
d. truncheon, sceptre, mark of authority, סֹפֵר שׁ׳ Judges 5:14, משְׁלִים שׁ׳ Isaiah 14:5 (|| מַטֶּה), Genesis 49:10 (poem in J; (|| מְהֹקֵק), Zechariah 10:11 (Psalm 45:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 19:11, 14 (made from a branch, מַטֶּה); a ruler is תּוֺמֵךְ שׁ׳ Amos 1:5, 8; as symbol of conquest Numbers 24:17 (JE); בַּרְזֶל שׁ׳ Psalm 2:9 (of Messianic king);הָרֶשַׁע שׁ׳ Psalm 125:3; עֶבְרָתוֺ שׁ׳ Proverbs 22:8 (si vera lectio, compare Frankenb. Toy). — see מַטֶּה, מַקֵּל, מִשְׁעֶנֶת.
2. 145: tribe (synonymמַטֶּה, which see 3., especially
a. of (12) tribes of Israel, Genesis 49:16, 28 (poem in J), Deuteronomy 33:5 (poem), Exodus 24:4 (E), + often [J E + 13 times, D + 28 times (מַטֶּה J E D), P + 9 times (compare GrayNumbers 4:18; מ׳ + 150 times + in P); Judges + 15 times. (never מ׳), Samuel + 14 times (never מ׳), Kings + 13 times). (מ׳ + 2 times), Chronicles + 15 times (מ׳ + 23 times), Psalms, + 7 times (never מ׳), prophets + 16 times (מ׳ † Habakkuk 3:9, very dubious)]; Judges 20:12; 1 Samuel 9:21 read שֵׁבֶט (or שִׁבְטִי Ges§ 90 I, We Sta§ 343 e Dr, for שִׁבְטֵי), Vrss (GFMJu); שִׁבְטֵייָֿהּ Psalm 122:4; שִׁבְטֵי נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 63:17.
b. singular of people (of Judah, late) Psalm 74:2, but Jeremiah 10:16 = Jeremiah 51:19 strike out נ׳ שׁ׳ Gf Gie Du.
c. of subdivision of tribe, וגו׳ מִשְׁפְּחוֹת שׁ׳ Numbers 4:18 (P). — 2 Samuel 7:7 read שֹׁפְטֵי (compare 2 Samuel 7:11, || 1 Chronicles 17:6, Ew Th We Dr HPS Bu and others)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7625.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:10; 49:10; 49:16; 49:16; 49:28

Exodus

21:20; 24:4

Leviticus

27:32

Numbers

4:18; 4:18; 24:17; 24:17

Deuteronomy

1:23; 12:14; 33:5

Judges

5:14; 20:12; 21:24

1 Samuel

9:21; 10:20; 17:40; 17:43

2 Samuel

7:7; 7:11; 7:14; 18:14; 23:21

1 Kings

11:31

1 Chronicles

11:3; 17:6

Job

9:34; 21:9; 37:13

Psalms

2:9; 23:4; 45:7; 74:2; 89:33; 122:4; 125:3

Proverbs

10:13; 22:8; 29:15

Isaiah

10:5; 10:15; 10:24; 14:5; 14:29; 28:27; 30:31; 63:17

Jeremiah

10:16; 33:13; 51:19

Lamentations

3:1

Ezekiel

19:11; 19:14; 20:37; 21:15; 21:18

Amos

1:5; 1:8

Micah

5:1; 7:14

Habakkuk

3:9

Zechariah

10:11

H7626

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Strong's Number H7626 matches the Hebrew שֵׁבֶט (šēḇeṭ),
which occurs 190 times in 178 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Jos 21:16–1Ki 18:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. H7626

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:7 - Now to the one half of the tribe H7626 of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe H7626 of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 - And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe H7626 of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe H7626 of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:13 - And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe H7626 of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:15 - And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe H7626 of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:21 - Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe H7626 of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, H7626 from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - And Joshua gathered all the tribes H7626 of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen H7626 of the writer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:1 - In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe H7626 of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes H7626 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe H7626 and a family in Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:30 - And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe H7626 of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:2 - And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes H7626 of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes H7626 of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:12 - And the tribes H7626 of Israel sent men through all the tribe H7626 of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:3 - And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe H7626 lacking in Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 - And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes H7626 of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe H7626 cut off from Israel this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:8 - And they said, What one is there of the tribes H7626 of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes H7626 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:17 - And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe H7626 be not destroyed out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:24 - And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe H7626 and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - And did I choose him out of all the tribes H7626 of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes H7626 of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe H7626 of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, H7626 and by your thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:20 - And when Samuel had caused all the tribes H7626 of Israel to come near, the tribe H7626 of Benjamin was taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - When he had caused the tribe H7626 of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17 - And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes H7626 of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:1 - Then came all the tribes H7626 of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes H7626 of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod H7626 of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes H7626 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes H7626 of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts H7626 in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes H7626 of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:14 - And he went through all the tribes H7626 of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, H7626 and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes H7626 of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16 - Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes H7626 of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13 - Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe H7626 to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31 - And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes H7626 to thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:32 - (But he shall have one tribe H7626 for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes H7626 of Israel:)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:35 - But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. H7626

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - And unto his son will I give one tribe, H7626 that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 - And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe H7626 of Judah only.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 - And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe H7626 of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 - And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes H7626 of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:31 - And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes H7626 of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

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