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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 4 / 4 (Isa 49:6–Zec 10:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6 -

He says, “It is too [fn]small a thing that You should be My Servant

To raise up the tribes H7626 of Jacob and to cause the preserved ones of Israel to return;

I will also give You as a light [fn]of the nations

So that My salvation may [fn]reach to the end of the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:17 -

Why, O Yahweh, do You cause us to stray from Your ways

And stiffen our heart from fearing You?

Return for the sake of Your slaves, the tribes H7626 of Your inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:16 -

The portion of Jacob is not like these;

For the [fn]Maker of all is He,

And Israel is the tribe H7626 of His inheritance;

Yahweh of hosts is His name.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:19 -

The portion of Jacob is not like these;

For the [fn]Maker of all is He,

And of the [fn]tribe H7626 of His inheritance;

Yahweh of hosts is His name.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:1 -

Aleph

I am the man who has seen affliction

Because of the rod H7626 of His wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:11 -

‘And it had [fn]strong thick branches fit for scepters H7626 of rulers,

And its height was exalted above the clouds

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

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:14 -

‘And fire has gone out from its thick branch;

It has consumed its shoots and fruit,

So that there is not in it a [fn]strong thick branch,

A scepter H7626 to rule.’”

This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:37 - “And I will make you pass under the rod H7626, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 -

‘Sharpened to make a slaughter,

Polished [fn]to flash like lightning!’

Or shall we [fn]rejoice in the [fn]scepter H7626 of My son? The sword despises every tree.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13 - “For there is a testing; and what if even the [fn]scepter H7626 [fn]which the sword despises will be no more?” declares Lord Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:19 - say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes H7626 of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - “This shall be his land for a possession in Israel; so My princes shall no longer mistreat My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes H7626.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 -

Thus says Lord Yahweh, “This shall be the boundary by which you shall apportion the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes H7626 of Israel; Joseph shall have two portions.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:21 -

“So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes H7626 of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:22 - “And it will be that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the sojourners who sojourn in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel. They shall be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes H7626 of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:23 - “And it will be that in the tribe H7626 with which the sojourner sojourns, there you shall give him his inheritance,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 -

“Now these are the names of the tribes H7626: from the northern extremity, [fn]beside the way of Hethlon to [fn]Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north [fn]beside Hamath, [fn]running from east to west, Dan, one portion.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:19 - “The workers of the city, out of all the tribes H7626 of Israel, shall cultivate it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:23 -

“Now as for the rest of the tribes H7626: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:29 - “This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes H7626 of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31 - “And the gates of the city shall be [fn]named for the tribes H7626 of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 -

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of reproof;

Among the tribes H7626 of Israel I will make known what is true.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 -

“I will also break the gate bar of Damascus

And cut off the inhabitant from the [fn]valley of Aven

And him who holds the scepter H7626 from Beth-eden;

So the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,”

Says Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 -

“I will also cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod

And him who holds the scepter H7626 from Ashkelon;

I will even turn My hand against Ekron,

And the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”

Says Lord Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1 -

[fn]Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;

[fn]They have laid siege against us;

With a rod H7626 they will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 -

Shepherd Your people with Your scepter H7626,

The flock of Your inheritance

Which dwells by itself in the forest,

In the midst of [fn]a fruitful orchard.

Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead

As in the ancient days.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:1 -

The [fn]oracle of the word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes H7626 of Israel, are toward Yahweh),

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 -

“And [fn]they will pass through the sea of distress,

And He will strike the waves in the sea,

So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;

And the pride of Assyria will be brought down,

And the scepter H7626 of Egypt will depart.


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