שֵׁבֶט
shêbeṭ(shay'-bet)
“a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan”
189 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
Translated in KJV as
[idiom] correctiondartrodsceptrestafftribe.
Etymology
from an unused root probably meaning to branch off;
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“So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and offic…”