Strongs Number: H7626
- Hebrew Word
- שֵׁבֶט
- Transliteration
- shêbeṭ
- Phonetic
- shay'-bet
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a {scion} that {is} (literally) a stick (for {punishing} {writing} {fighting} {ruling} {walking} etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
- BDB Definition
-
1. rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe
a. rod, staff
b. shaft (of spear, dart)
c. club (of shepherd's implement)
d. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)
e. clan, tribe
- Origin
- From an unused root probably meaning to branch off
- Bible Usage
- X-(idiom) {correction} {dart} {rod} {sceptre} {staff} tribe.