Quick Definition
tribe: staff
Strong's Definition
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off;
KJV Usage: [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
TWOT Reference: 2314a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) — tribe: staff. : staff 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) — tribe. : tribe 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) — tribe: javelin. : javelin 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) — tribe: ruler. : ruler 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Tools | ≈ אֹופַן עֲגָלָה · גִּלְגַּל עֲגָלָה · חָרוּץ · מַטֵּה · מְחֹקֵק · מִשְׁעֶנֶת
stick, rod, staff, scepter = stick ◄ usually made of wood; ► attribute of a shepherd or a ruler, but also used for other purposes, such as beating, walking, fighting, etc.; ≈ associated with shepherding, authority, punishment
GEN 49:10 · EXO 21:20 · LEV 27:32 · JDG 5:14 · PSA 23:4 · PRO 10:13 · PRO 13:24 · PRO 22:15 · PRO 23:13 · PRO 23:14 · PRO 26:3 · PRO 29:15 · ISA 10:15 · ISA 10:24 · ISA 28:27 · EZK 19:11 · EZK 19:14 · EZK 20:37 · AMO 1:5 · AMO 1:8 · MIC 4:14 · MIC 7:14
Weapons
short spear = a relatively short, straight rod, usually made of wood, with a sharp metal head or point; used for piercing by thrusting
People | ≈ מַטֵּה
rod > people literally: stick, rod; hence: = a group that oppresses other people
Leaders | ≈ כֹּוכָב
scepter > ruler literally: staff; hence: = a person with the authority represented by a scepter
Control
authority, rule literally: staff; hence: = state of authority over someone else symbolized by a scepter
PSA 2:9 · PSA 45:7 · PSA 45:7 · PSA 125:3 · ISA 11:4 · ISA 14:5 · ZEC 10:11
Chastise | ≈ נֶגַע
rod > punishment, oppression literally: stick, rod; hence: = process of causing systematic suffering to someone else ◄ as if one were beating someone else with a rod
2SA 7:14 · JOB 9:34 · JOB 21:9 · JOB 37:13 · PSA 89:33 · PRO 22:8 · ISA 9:3 · ISA 14:29 · ISA 30:31 · LAM 3:1 · EZK 21:15 · EZK 21:18
Groups | ≈ מַטֵּה
tribe = group of clans united by a common leader
GEN 49:16 · GEN 49:28 · EXO 24:4 · EXO 28:21 · EXO 39:14 · NUM 4:18 · NUM 18:2 · NUM 24:2 · NUM 32:33 · NUM 36:3 · DEU 1:13 · DEU 1:15 · DEU 1:15 · DEU 1:23 · DEU 3:13 · DEU 5:23 · DEU 10:8 · DEU 12:5 · DEU 12:14 · DEU 16:18 · DEU 18:1 · DEU 18:5 · DEU 29:7 · DEU 29:9 · DEU 29:17 · DEU 29:20 · DEU 31:28 · DEU 33:5 · JOS 1:12 · JOS 3:12 · JOS 3:12 · JOS 4:2 · JOS 4:4 · JOS 4:5 · JOS 4:8 · JOS 4:12 · JOS 7:14 · JOS 7:14 · JOS 7:16 · JOS 7:16 · JOS 11:23 · JOS 12:6 · JOS 12:7 · JOS 13:7 · JOS 13:7 · JOS 13:14 · JOS 13:29 · JOS 13:33 · JOS 18:2 · JOS 18:4 · JOS 18:7 · JOS 21:16 · JOS 22:7 · JOS 22:9 · JOS 22:10 · JOS 22:11 · JOS 22:13 · JOS 22:15 · JOS 22:21 · JOS 23:4 · JOS 24:1 · JDG 18:1 · JDG 18:1 · JDG 18:19 · JDG 18:30 · JDG 20:2 · JDG 20:10 · JDG 20:12 · JDG 20:12 · JDG 21:3 · JDG 21:5 · JDG 21:6 · JDG 21:8 · JDG 21:15 · JDG 21:17 · JDG 21:24 · 1SA 2:28 · 1SA 9:21 · 1SA 9:21 · 1SA 10:19 · 1SA 10:20 · 1SA 10:20 · 1SA 10:21 · 1SA 15:17 · 2SA 5:1 · 2SA 7:7 · 2SA 15:2 · 2SA 15:10 · 2SA 19:10 · 2SA 20:14 · 2SA 24:2 · 1KI 8:16 · 1KI 11:13 · 1KI 11:31 · 1KI 11:32 · 1KI 11:32 · 1KI 11:35 · 1KI 11:36 · 1KI 12:20 · 1KI 12:21 · 1KI 14:21 · 1KI 18:31 · 2KI 17:18 · 2KI 21:7 · 1CH 5:18 · 1CH 5:23 · 1CH 5:26 · 1CH 12:38 · 1CH 23:14 · 1CH 26:32 · 1CH 27:16 · 1CH 27:20 · 1CH 27:22 · 1CH 28:1 · 1CH 29:6 · 2CH 6:5 · 2CH 11:16 · 2CH 12:13 · 2CH 33:7 · PSA 74:2 · PSA 78:55 · PSA 78:67 · PSA 78:68 · PSA 105:37 · PSA 122:4 · PSA 122:4 · ISA 19:13 · ISA 49:6 · ISA 63:17 · JER 10:16 · JER 51:19 · EZK 37:19 · EZK 45:8 · EZK 47:13 · EZK 47:21 · EZK 47:22 · EZK 47:23 · EZK 48:1 · EZK 48:19 · EZK 48:23 · EZK 48:29 · EZK 48:31 · HOS 5:9 · ZEC 9:1
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׁ֫בֶט 189 n.m. 1. rod, staff, club, sceptre. 2. tribe base