Strong's H7626 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: שֵׁבֶט (shêbeṭ)

Pronunciation: shay'-bet

POS: shay'-bet Morph: n-m

Exegesis: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off;

Definition: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan; [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

KJV Usage: [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe
• 2. 1a) rod, staff
• 3. 1b) shaft (of spear, dart)
• 4. 1c) club (of shepherd's implement)
• 5. 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)
• 6. 1e) clan, tribe

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G444
• GREEK G758
• GREEK G956
• GREEK G1218
• GREEK G2218
• GREEK G2923
• GREEK G3056
• GREEK G3148
• GREEK G3809
• GREEK G4127
• GREEK G4464
• GREEK G5443

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