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Lexicon :: Strong's H7641 - šibōleṯ

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שִׁבֹּלֶת
Transliteration
šibōleṯ
Pronunciation
shib-bole
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as שֹׁבֶל (H7640), a stream (as flowing)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2316b,2316c

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁבֹּל shibbôl, shib-bole; or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת shibbôleth; from the same as H7640; a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch:—branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H7641 in the following manner: ears (11x), ears of corn (3x), branches (1x), channel (1x), floods (1x), Shibboleth (1x), waterflood (with H4325) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H7641 in the following manner: ears (11x), ears of corn (3x), branches (1x), channel (1x), floods (1x), Shibboleth (1x), waterflood (with H4325) (1x).

  1. flowing stream

  2. ear (of grain), head of grain

    1. as growing

    2. cluster

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁבֹּל shibbôl, shib-bole; or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת shibbôleth; from the same as H7640; a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch:—branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451.
STRONGS H7641: Abbreviations
† I. שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת noun feminine flowing stream; — שׁ׳ absolute Psalm 69:3, as test of dialect Judges 12:6 (compare סִבֹּלֶת and GFM); construct מַיִם שׁ׳ Psalm 69:16, הַנָּהָר שׁ׳ Isaiah 27:12.

† II. שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת noun feminine ear of grain; — שׁ׳ absolute Job 24:21 +; plural שִׁבֳּלִים Genesis 41:5 +, construct שִׁבֳּלֵי Zechariah 4:12; — ear, Genesis 41:5, 6, 7: Genesis 41:7; Genesis 41:22; Genesis 41:23; Genesis 41:24 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:26, 27; Isaiah 17:5 (twice in verse); Ruth 2:2; Job 24:24; transf. spike (Pusey), end of olive bough Zechariah 4:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:5; 41:5; 41:6; 41:7; 41:7; 41:22; 41:23; 41:24; 41:26; 41:27

Judges

12:6

Ruth

2:2

Job

24:21; 24:24

Psalms

69:3; 69:16

Isaiah

17:5; 27:12

Zechariah

4:12; 4:12

H7641

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7641 matches the Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת (šibōleṯ),
which occurs 19 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - And he slept and dreamed the second time; and behold, seven ears of corn grew up on one stalk, fat and good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - And behold, seven ears, thin and parched with the east wind, sprung up after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And the thin ears devoured the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke; and behold, it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - The seven fine kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, parched with the east wind, will be seven years of famine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce it rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:2 - And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me, I pray, go to the field and glean among the ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find favour. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:24 - They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all other are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2 - I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:5 - And it shall be as when the reaper gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; yea, it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah shall beat out from the flood of the river unto the torrent of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, ye children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12 - And I answered the second time and said unto him, What are the two olive-branches which are beside the two golden tubes that empty the gold out of themselves?
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