שֵׁבֶט
shêbeṭ · shay'-bet
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
Lexicon
Derivation: 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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to surround and contain
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֵׁבֶט above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
190 occurrences · 190 OT · 0 NT · 81 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- tribe24 · 20%
- of the tribes15 · 13%
- the tribe12 · 10%
- tribes10 · 8%
- the rod5 · 4%
- the tribes5 · 4%
- out of all the tribes5 · 4%
- of your tribes4 · 3%
- with a rod4 · 3%
- the sceptre4 · 3%
- throughout all the tribes3 · 3%
- of the tribe3 · 3%
- all the tribes3 · 3%
- him with the rod3 · 3%
- and the tribes3 · 3%
- his rod2 · 2%
- with the rod2 · 2%
- among your tribes2 · 2%
- to him with a staff2 · 2%
- by their tribes2 · 2%
- under the rod2 · 2%
- and the sceptre2 · 2%
- of the other tribes1 · 1%
- and a sceptre1 · 1%
- in his tents according to their tribes1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.