Shêbeṭ — H7626

H7626 · Hebrew — שבט

Pronunciation: shay'-bet

Definition

masculine noun

a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

  1. rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe
    1. rod, staff
    2. shaft (of spear, dart)
    3. club (of shepherd's implement)
    4. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)
    5. clan, tribe

Usually translated as

tribe, rod, staff, correction, dart, sceptre

Origin

from an unused root probably meaning to branch off

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shêbeṭ occurs 189 times in 178 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (4), Leviticus (1), Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (17), Joshua (29), Judges (14), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (10), 1 Kings (10), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (12), 2 Chronicles (4), Job (3), Psalms (11), Proverbs (8), Isaiah (12), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (16), Hosea (1), Amos (2), Micah (2), Zechariah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — S