שֵׁבֶט shevet

Hebrew word for “tribe” · Strong’s H7626 · used 190 times in 178 verses

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Meaning

: tribe; 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe;

Senses in the lexicon

• tribe (136)
• tribe: staff (52)
• tribe: ruler (1)
• tribe: javelin (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shevet in context, with how often each is used:

• tribes 84
• tribe 58
• rod 29
• scepter 12
• staff 2
• among tribes 1
• among the tribes 1
• club 1
• scepters 1
• spears 1

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 22 (7), Judges 21 (7), Joshua 4 (5), 1 Kings 11 (5), Ezekiel 48 (5), Deuteronomy 29 (4), Joshua 13 (4), Ezekiel 47 (4), Genesis 49 (3), Deuteronomy 1 (3)

Forms

• שׁבט 62
• שׁבטי 49
• בשׁבט 16
• לשׁבט 7
• השׁבטים 7
• לשׁבטיכם 5
• שׁבטיכם 5
• ושׁבט 5
• השׁבט 4
• לשׁבטי 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shevet more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֲצִי chetsi “half” 22
• מְנַשֶּׁה menashsheh “Manasseh” 21
• נַחֲלָה nachalah “inheritance” 22
• בָּחַר bachar “to choose” 16
• אֶחָד echad “one” 23
• רְאוּבֵן reuven “Reuben” 11
• שֵׁם shem “name” 18
• עָשָׂר asar “ten” 13
• בִּנְיָמִין binyamin “Benjamin” 11
• גָּד gad “Gad” 9
• מַטֶּה matteh “tribe” 11
• גָּדִי gadi “Gad” 7

Key verses

The verses using shevet that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Numbers 24:17 — I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite…
• Deuteronomy 10:8 — At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in…
• Deuteronomy 12:5 — But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou…
• Deuteronomy 16:18 — Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just…
• Psalms 23:4 — Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
• Psalms 45:6 — Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
• Isaiah 10:5 — O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
• Isaiah 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and…
• Isaiah 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give…
• Jeremiah 10:16 — The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Micah 7:14 — Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.