Shevet שֵׁ֫בֶט

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Shevet
שֵׁ֫בֶט
Transliterationshevet
Strong's numberH7626 (H7626H, H7626G, H7626I, H7626J)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosstribe
Occurrences190 in 178 verses
Most frequent inJoshua (29)

Shevet (Hebrew שֵׁ֫בֶט, Strong's H7626) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “tribe”. It occurs 190 times in 178 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7626H: tribe

: tribe
1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe
1a) rod, staff
1b) shaft (of spear, dart)
1c) club (of shepherd's implement)
1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)
1e) clan, tribe

H7626G: tribe: staff

: staff
1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe
1a) rod, staff
1b) shaft (of spear, dart)
1c) club (of shepherd's implement)
1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)
1e) clan, tribe

H7626I: tribe: javelin

: javelin
1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe
1a) rod, staff
1b) shaft (of spear, dart)
1c) club (of shepherd's implement)
1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)
1e) clan, tribe

H7626J: tribe: ruler

: ruler
1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe
1a) rod, staff
1b) shaft (of spear, dart)
1c) club (of shepherd's implement)
1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)
1e) clan, tribe

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVtribes (84), tribe (56), rod (34), sceptre (9), staff (2), pen (1), darts (1), correction (1), sceptres (1)
BSBtribes (54), tribe (36), rod (18), scepter (13), your tribes (9), each tribe (4), tribe by tribe (3), club (2), are the tribes (1), shepherd's rod (1), tribal (1), each of your tribes (1), and 22 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Shevet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Hosea

Amos

Micah

Zechariah

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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