H7641 - שִׁבֹּל (shibbôl)

H7641 שִׁבֹּל (shibbôl) shib-bole

Hebrew

Biblical Persons & Places

Shibboleth Word used as a password

Word used as a password sounded Shibboleth (שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת)

Strong's Definition

a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch

Derivation: or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת; from the same as H7640 (שֹׁבֶל);

KJV Usage: branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451 (סִבֹּלֶת).

TWOT Reference: 2316b,c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) flowing stream

2) ear (of grain), head of grain

2a) as growing

2b) cluster

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2562 G2798 G4719

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁבֹּלֶת / שִׁבֹּל shibbôl / shibbôleth BDB Definition: 1) flowing stream 2) ear (of grain), head of grain 2a) as growing 2b) cluster Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H7640, a stream (as flowing) Same Word by TWOT Number: 2316b, 2316c Total KJV Occurrences: 19

Bible Occurrences (16)

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

12:6

2:2

24:24

69:2 69:15

17:5 27:12

4:12

Genesis 41:5

but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time:... Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.

Genesis 41:6

After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

Genesis 41:7

And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.

Genesis 41:22

In my dream... I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.

Genesis 41:23

After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted— withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.

Genesis 41:24

And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this [dream] to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.

Genesis 41:26

The seven good cows are seven years,... and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years.... The dreams have the same meaning....

Genesis 41:27

Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind — they are seven years of famine.