שִׁבֹּלֶת shibbol
Hebrew word for “ear” · Strong’s H7641 · used 19 times in 16 verses
Meaning
1) ear (of grain), head of grain; 1a) as growing; 1b) cluster
Senses in the lexicon
- ear (15)
- stream (2)
- Shibboleth (1)
- Euphrates (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for shibbol in context, with how often each is used:
- ears of grain 12
- flood 2
- among the ears of grain 1
- grain 1
- clusters 1
- shibboleth 1
- flowing stream 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 41 (8), Psalms 69 (2), Judges 12 (1), Ruth 2 (1), Job 24 (1), Isaiah 17 (1), Isaiah 27 (1), Zechariah 4 (1)
Forms
- שׁבלים 6
- השׁבלים 6
- שׁבלת 3
- בשׁבלים 1
- שׁבלי 1
- ושׁבלת 1
- משׁבלת 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shibbol more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 8
- דַּק daq “thin” 4
- שָׁדַף shadaph “to scorch” 3
- לָקַט laqat “to gather” 3
- בָּלַע bala “to swallow up” 3
- חֲלוֹם chalom “dream” 3
- קָדִים qadim “east” 3
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 5
- טוֹב tov “pleasant” 4
- מְצוֹלָה metsolah “depth” 2
- בָּרִיא bari “fat” 2
- אַחַר achar “after” 4
Key verses
The verses using shibbol that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 41:6 — And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
- Genesis 41:23 — And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
- Genesis 41:26 — The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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.
- Psalms 69:2 — I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
- Psalms 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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?
See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas
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.