Lexical Definition

‎שֵׁבֶט‎ shêbeṭ (shay'-bet) tribe: staff ^H:N-M
from an unused root probably meaning to branch off

[idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

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

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

See Greek: ἄνθρωπος · ἄρχων · βέλος · δῆμος · ζυγός · κριτής · λόγος · μάστιξ · παιδεία · πληγή · ῥάβδος · φυλή

Extended Information

meaning of: שֵׁבֶט

• : ruler

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֵׁ֫בֶט‎₁₈₉ noun masculine^{Num 24:17} (feminine^{Ezek 21:15*; Ezek 21:18*} but corrupt):

1. rod, staff, club, sceptre.

2. tribe; — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ absolute Gen 49:10+, construct 1Sam 10:20 +; ‎שָׁ֑טֶ‎ Deut 1:23 +; sf ‎שִׁבְטוֺ‎ Judg 21:24+, etc.; plural ‎שְׁבָטִים‎ 1Kgs 11:31 +, construct ‎שִׁבְטֵי‎ Gen 49:16 +, sf ‎שְׁבָטֶיךָ‎ Deut 12:14 +, etc.; —

1.a. rod, staff (evidently common article), for smiting (especially‎׳‎‎הִכָּה בַשּׁ‎) Exod 21:20 (E), Mic 4:14*; Isa 10:15 (in simile; || ‎מַטֶּה‎), Prov 10:13 +; ‎מוּסָר‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ compare Prov 29:15 for beating (‎חָבַט‎) cummin Isa 28:27 (|| ‎מַטֶּה‎); as (inferior) weapon (opposed to ‎חֲנִית‎) 2Sam 23:21= 1Chr 11:3 (compare‎מַקֵּל‎ 1Sam 17:40; 1Sam 17:43); figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s chastisement: national Isa 10:24; Isa 30:31 (both || ‎מַטֶּה‎), Isa 14:29, ‎אַפִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 10:5 ‎עֶבְרָתוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Lam 3:1 individual Job 9:34; Job 21:9 (‎אֱלוֺהַּ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎), Job 37:13, 2Sam 7:14 (‎אֲנָשִׁים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎, i.e. not in-human), Ps 89:33* (both || ‎נְגָעִים‎).
b. shaft, i.e. spear, dart, 2Sam 18:14, but < read ‎שְׁלָחִים‎ ᵐ5 βέλη Th We Kit HPS Bu.
c. shepherd's implement, club, Ps 23:4 (|| ‎מִשְׁעֶנֶת‎), ‎׳‎‎רְעֵה בְשׁ‎ Mic 7:14 (both figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎); used in mustering or counting sheep Ezek 20:37 (figurative), Lev 27:32 (compare Jer 33:13), see Mackie^{Hast. DB RoD}
d. truncheon, sceptre, mark of authority, ‎סֹפֵר‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Judg 5:14, ‎משְׁלִים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 14:5 (|| ‎מַטֶּה‎), Gen 49:10 (poem in J; (|| ‎מְהֹקֵק‎), Zech 10:11 (Ps 45:7* (twice in verse); Ezek 19:11; Ezek 19:14 (made from a branch, ‎מַטֶּה‎); a ruler is ‎׳‎‎תּוֺמֵךְ שׁ‎ Amos 1:5; Amos 1:8 as symbol of conquest Num 24:17 (JE); ‎בַּרְזֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ps 2:9 (of Messianic king);‎הָרֶשַׁע‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ps 125:3 ‎עֶבְרָתוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Prov 22:8 (si vera lectio, compare Frankenb. Toy). — see ‎מַטֶּה‎, ‎מַקֵּל‎, ‎מִשְׁעֶנֶת‎.

2. 145:tribe (synonym‎מַטֶּה‎, q. v. 3, p. 641:b), especially
a. of (12) tribes of Israel, Gen 49:16; Gen 49:28 (poem in J), Deut 33:5 (poem), Exod 24:4 (E), + often [J E 13 t., D 28 t. (‎מַטֶּה‎ J E D), P 9 t. (compare Gray^{Num 4:18}; ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 150 t. + in P); Judg 15 t. (never ‎׳‎‎מ‎), Samuel 14 t. (never ‎׳‎‎מ‎), Kings 13 t,. (‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2 t.), Chronicles 15 t. (‎׳‎‎מ‎ 23 t.), Psalms, 7 t. (never ‎׳‎‎מ‎), prophets 16 t. (‎׳‎‎מ‎ Hab 3:9, very dubious)]; Judg 20:12; 1Sam 9:21 read ‎שֵׁבֶט‎ (or ‎שִׁבְטִי‎ Ges^{«GKC:90»§ 90} I, We Sta^{§ 343 e} Dr, for ‎שִׁבְטֵי‎), Vrss (GFM^Ju); ‎שִׁבְטֵייָֿהּ‎ Ps 122:4 ‎שִׁבְטֵי נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ‎ Isa 63:17.
b. singular of people (of Judah, late) Ps 74:2, but Jer 10:16 = Jer 51:19 strike out ‎׳‎‎נ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Gf Gie Du.
c. of subdivision of tribe, ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁפְּחוֺת וגו‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Num 4:18 (P). — 2Sam 7:7 read ‎שֹׁפְטֵי‎ (compare v2Sam 7:11, || 1Chr 17:6, Ew Th We Dr HPS Bu and others)

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