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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 3 / 4 (2Ki 17:18–Isa 30:31)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:18 - So Yahweh was very angry with Israel and caused them to depart from His [fn]presence; none was left except the tribe H7626 of Judah alone.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7 - Then he put the graven image of Asherah, which he had made, in the house of which Yahweh had said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes H7626 of Israel, I will put My name forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 -

The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh, consisting of men of valor, men who bore shield and sword and shot with bow and were learned in the ways of battle, were 44,760, who went out for military duty.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:23 -

Now the sons of the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh lived in the land; from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon they were numerous.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, even the spirit of [fn]Tilgath-pilneser, king of Assyria, and he took them away into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - He had also struck down an Egyptian, [fn]an impressive man, [fn]five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam, but he went down to him with a club H7626 and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 -

From the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites and the Gadites and of the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh, there were 120,000 with all kinds of weapons for the army for battle.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14 -

But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe H7626 of Levi.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32 - and his relatives, men of valor, were 2,700 in number, heads of fathers’ households. And King David made them overseers of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe H7626 of the Manassites concerning [fn]all the affairs of God and of the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:16 -

Now those over the tribes H7626 of Israel:

chief officer for the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri;

for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:20 -

for the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah;

for the half-tribe H7626 of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:22 -

for Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham.

These were the princes of the tribes H7626 of Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 -

And David assembled at Jerusalem all the commanders of Israel, the commanders of the tribes H7626, and the commanders of the divisions that ministered to the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the commanders over all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 -

Then the commanders of the fathers’ households, and the commanders of the tribes H7626 of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with the commanders of the king’s work, offered willingly;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:5 - ‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes H7626 of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a ruler over My people Israel;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:16 - Now those from all the tribes H7626 of Israel who gave their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, [fn]followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 -

So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes H7626 of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:7 - Then he put the graven image of the [fn]idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes H7626 of Israel, I will put My name forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:34 -

“Let Him remove His rod H7626 from me,

And let not dread of Him terrify me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:9 -

Their houses are safe from dread,

And the rod H7626 of God is not on them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:13 -

“Whether for [fn]correction H7626, or for His world,

Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to [fn]happen.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 -

‘You shall [fn]break them with a [fn]rod H7626 of iron,

You shall shatter them like a potter’s vessel.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 -

Even though I walk through the [fn]valley of the shadow of death,

I fear no [fn]evil, for You are with me;

Your rod H7626 and Your staff, they comfort me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:6 -

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;

A scepter H7626 of uprightness is the scepter H7626 of Your kingdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:2 -

Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,

Which You have redeemed to be the tribe H7626 of Your inheritance;

And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 -

He also drove out the nations before them

And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,

And made the tribes H7626 of Israel dwell in their tents.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 -

He also rejected the tent of Joseph,

And did not choose the tribe H7626 of Ephraim,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:68 -

But chose the tribe H7626 of Judah,

Mount Zion which He loved.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:32 -

Then I will punish their transgression with the rod H7626

And their iniquity with striking.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:37 -

Then He brought them out with silver and gold,

And there was none among His tribes H7626 who stumbled.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4 -

To which the tribes H7626, the tribes H7626 of Yah, go up—

A testimony for Israel

To give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:3 -

For the scepter H7626 of wickedness shall not rest upon the [fn]land of the righteous,

So that the righteous would not send forth their hands in unrighteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:13 -

On the lips of the one who has understanding, wisdom is found,

But a rod H7626 is for the back of him who lacks a heart of wisdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 -

He who holds back his [fn]rod H7626 hates his son,

But he who loves him [fn]disciplines him diligently.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 -

He who sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,

And the rod H7626 of his fury will end.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15 -

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;

The rod H7626 of discipline will remove it far from him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:13 -

Do not withhold discipline from the child,

Although you [fn]strike him with the rod H7626, he will not die.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:14 -

You shall [fn]strike him with the rod H7626

And deliver his soul from Sheol.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3 -

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,

And a rod H7626 for the back of fools.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:15 -

The rod H7626 and reproof give wisdom,

But a child [fn]left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 -

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

The rod H7626 of their taskmaster, as [fn]at the battle of Midian.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5 -

Woe to Assyria, the rod H7626 of My anger

And the staff 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 H7626 wielding those who lift it,

Or like a staff 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 H7626 and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 -

But with righteousness He will judge the poor,

And decide with uprightness for the afflicted of the earth;

And He will strike the earth with the rod H7626 of His mouth,

And with the breath of His lips He will put the wicked to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5 -

“Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked,

The scepter H7626 of rulers

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 -

“Do not be glad, O Philistia, all of you,

Because the rod H7626 that struck you is broken;

For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,

And its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 -

The princes of [fn]Zoan have acted as ignorant fools,

The princes of Memphis are deluded;

Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes H7626

[fn]Have led Egypt astray.

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, and cumin with a rod H7626.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:31 -

For at the voice of Yahweh Assyria will be dismayed,

When He strikes with the rod H7626.


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