Shibbol שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת

Shibbol (Hebrew שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת, Strong's H7641) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “ear”. It occurs 19 times in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7641B: ear

H7641A: stream

H7641H: Shibboleth

H7641G: Euphrates

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 41:5
  And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.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
  And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
• Genesis 41:7
  And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.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
  And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
• Genesis 41:23
  And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
• Genesis 41:24
  And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.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 kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.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
  And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.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.

Judges

• Judges 12:6
  Then 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.

Ruth

• Ruth 2:2
  And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.

Job

• Job 24:24
  They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

Psalms

• Psalm 69:2
  I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
• Psalm 69:15
  Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 17:5
  And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
• Isaiah 27:12
  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 4:12
  And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

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).