Sibbolet סִבֹּלֶת
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| סִבֹּלֶת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sibbolet |
| Strong's number | H5451 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | stream |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Sibbolet (Hebrew סִבֹּלֶת, Strong's H5451) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “stream”. It occurs 1 time in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
Definition
stream (as pronounced by Ephraimites)
§ 1) an ear of grain or wheat
§ 1) an ear of grain or wheat
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sibboleth (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sibboleth (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sibbolet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 12:6Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).