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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H7626 - Tribes

Strong's No.:H7626

Hebrew:שֵׁבֶט

Transliteration:shêbeṭ

Phonetic:shay'-bet

Word Origin:From an unused root probably meaning to branch off

Bible Usage:X-(idiom) {correction} {dart} {rod} {sceptre} {staff} tribe.

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


Brown Driver
Biggs 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


Bible References:
Tribes

Translation
Occurrences:
correction ( 1 )
darts ( 1 )
pen ( 1 )
rod ( 33 )
sceptre ( 9 )
sceptres ( 1 )
staff ( 2 )
tribe ( 54 )
tribes ( 82 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.