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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת (shib.bol) — stream. flowing stream

שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת (shib.bol) — ear. 1) ear (of grain), head of grain 1a) as growing 1b) cluster

שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת (shib.bol) — Euphrates. This name means ear (of grain), cluster Another name of pe.rat (פְּרָת "Euphrates" H6578)

שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת (shib.bol) — Shibboleth.

means: growing ear (of grain), flowing stream used as a password

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שִׁבֹּלֶת (H7641)

noun f

Flow

stream, flood = process by which a liquid flows from one place to another

PSA 69:3 · PSA 69:16

noun f

Plants

ear of grain = uppermost part ◄ of a grain plant, ► which contains the seeds

GEN 41:5 · GEN 41:6 · GEN 41:7 · GEN 41:7 · GEN 41:22 · GEN 41:23 · GEN 41:24 · GEN 41:24 · GEN 41:26 · GEN 41:27 · JDG 12:6 · RUT 2:2 · JOB 24:24 · ISA 17:5 · ISA 17:5 · ISA 27:12

Plants

branch meaning unsure; probably: = part of a tree which grows out of the trunk or a bough

ZEC 4:12

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת n.f. flowing stream base

שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת n.f. ear of grain base

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.