שִׁבֹּל
shibbôl · shib-bole
a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת; from the same as H7640 (שֹׁבֶל);
a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
- a stream (as flowing)
- also, an ear of grain (as growing out)
- by analogy, a branch
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451 (סִבֹּלֶת).
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁבֹּל 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ears10 · 53%
- ears of corn2 · 11%
- now shibboleth1 · 5%
- of the ears of corn1 · 5%
- where the floods1 · 5%
- let not the waterflood1 · 5%
- the ears1 · 5%
- from the channel1 · 5%
- branches1 · 5%
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.