Hebrew word study

שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭ a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing…

Pronounced “shay'-bet

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

Translated in the King James as: correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

Appears 189 times in Scripture

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

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Where it appears

Genesis 3×
Genesis 49:10Genesis 49:16Genesis 49:28
Exodus 4×
Exodus 21:20Exodus 24:4Exodus 28:21Exodus 39:14
Leviticus 1×
Leviticus 27:32
Numbers 6×
Numbers 4:18Numbers 18:2Numbers 24:2Numbers 24:17Numbers 32:33Numbers 36:3
Deuteronomy 18×
Deuteronomy 1:13Deuteronomy 1:15Deuteronomy 1:23Deuteronomy 3:13Deuteronomy 5:23Deuteronomy 10:8Deuteronomy 12:5Deuteronomy 12:14Deuteronomy 16:18Deuteronomy 18:1Deuteronomy 18:5Deuteronomy 29:8Deuteronomy 29:10Deuteronomy 29:18Deuteronomy 29:21Deuteronomy 31:28Deuteronomy 33:5+ 1 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua 33×
Joshua 1:12Joshua 3:12Joshua 4:2Joshua 4:4Joshua 4:5Joshua 4:8Joshua 4:12Joshua 7:14Joshua 7:16Joshua 11:23Joshua 12:6Joshua 12:7Joshua 13:7Joshua 13:14Joshua 13:29Joshua 13:33Joshua 18:2Joshua 18:4Joshua 18:7Joshua 21:16Joshua 22:7Joshua 22:9Joshua 22:10Joshua 22:11Joshua 22:13+ 8 more in Joshua
Judges 16×
Judges 5:14Judges 18:1Judges 18:19Judges 18:30Judges 20:2Judges 20:10Judges 20:12Judges 21:3Judges 21:5Judges 21:6Judges 21:8Judges 21:15Judges 21:17Judges 21:24+ 2 more in Judges
1 Samuel 7×
1 Sam 2:281 Sam 9:211 Sam 10:191 Sam 10:201 Sam 10:211 Sam 15:17+ 1 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 10×
2 Sam 5:12 Sam 7:72 Sam 7:142 Sam 15:22 Sam 15:102 Sam 18:142 Sam 19:92 Sam 20:142 Sam 23:212 Sam 24:2
1 Kings 11×
1 Ki 8:161 Ki 11:131 Ki 11:311 Ki 11:321 Ki 11:351 Ki 11:361 Ki 12:201 Ki 12:211 Ki 14:211 Ki 18:31+ 1 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 2×
2 Ki 17:182 Ki 21:7
1 Chronicles 12×
1 Chr 5:181 Chr 5:231 Chr 5:261 Chr 11:231 Chr 12:371 Chr 23:141 Chr 26:321 Chr 27:161 Chr 27:201 Chr 27:221 Chr 28:11 Chr 29:6
2 Chronicles 4×
2 Chr 6:52 Chr 11:162 Chr 12:132 Chr 33:7
Job 3×
Job 9:34Job 21:9Job 37:13
Psalms 13×
Psalms 2:9Psalms 23:4Psalms 45:6Psalms 74:2Psalms 78:55Psalms 78:67Psalms 78:68Psalms 89:32Psalms 105:37Psalms 122:4Psalms 125:3+ 2 more in Psalms
Proverbs 8×
Proverbs 10:13Proverbs 13:24Proverbs 22:8Proverbs 22:15Proverbs 23:13Proverbs 23:14Proverbs 26:3Proverbs 29:15
Isaiah 12×
Isaiah 9:4Isaiah 10:5Isaiah 10:15Isaiah 10:24Isaiah 11:4Isaiah 14:5Isaiah 14:29Isaiah 19:13Isaiah 28:27Isaiah 30:31Isaiah 49:6Isaiah 63:17
Jeremiah 2×
Jeremiah 10:16Jeremiah 51:19
Lamentations 1×
Lam 3:1
Ezekiel 16×
Ezekiel 19:11Ezekiel 19:14Ezekiel 20:37Ezekiel 21:10Ezekiel 21:13Ezekiel 37:19Ezekiel 45:8Ezekiel 47:13Ezekiel 47:21Ezekiel 47:22Ezekiel 47:23Ezekiel 48:1Ezekiel 48:19Ezekiel 48:23Ezekiel 48:29Ezekiel 48:31
Hosea 1×
Hosea 5:9
Amos 2×
Amos 1:5Amos 1:8
Micah 2×
Micah 5:1Micah 7:14
Zechariah 2×
Zech 9:1Zech 10:11

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