מַטֶּהmaṭṭeh
staff, tribe
Pronunciation: mat-teh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4294
Meanings
1. staff, rod, shaft
2. branch
3. tribe
1. used in beating out, staff (Genesis 38:18; Genesis 38:25; Isaiah 10:15)
2. branch (Ezekiel 19:11; Ezekiel 19:12; Ezekiel 19:14)
3. tribe (1 Kings 7:14; 1 Kings 8:1; 2 Chronicles 5:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 251 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 38:18 “What kind of guarantee do you want?” he replied. She answered, “Leave me your identification seal and its cord and the walking stick you are carrying.” So Judah gave them to her. Then he had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.
- Genesis 38:25 But as they were taking her out to kill her, she sent this message to her father-in-law: “The man who owns these things made me pregnant. Look closely. Whose seal and cord and walking stick are these?”
- Exodus 4:2 Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied.
- Exodus 4:4 Then the Lord told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand.
- Exodus 4:17 And take your shepherd’s staff with you, and use it to perform the miraculous signs I have shown you.”
- Exodus 4:20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to the land of Egypt. In his hand he carried the staff of God.
See every passage
- Genesis 38:18, 38:25
- Exodus 4:2, 4:4, 4:17, 4:20, 7:9, 7:10, 7:12, 7:15, 7:17, 7:19, 7:20, 8:5, 8:16, 8:17, 9:23, 10:13, 14:16, 17:5, 17:9, 31:2, 31:6, 35:30, 35:34, 38:22, 38:23
- Leviticus 24:11, 26:26
- Numbers 1:4, 1:16, 1:21, 1:23, 1:25, 1:27, 1:29, 1:31, 1:33, 1:35, 1:37, 1:39, 1:41, 1:43, 1:47, 1:49, 2:5, 2:7, 2:12, 2:14, 2:20, 2:22, 2:27, 2:29, 3:6, 7:2, 7:12, 10:15, 10:16, 10:19, 10:20, 10:23, 10:24, 10:26, 10:27, 13:2, 13:4, 13:5, 13:6, 13:7, 13:8, 13:9, 13:10, 13:11, 13:12, 13:13, 13:14, 13:15, 17:2, 17:3, 17:5, 17:6, 17:7, 17:8, 17:9, 17:10, 18:2, 20:8, 20:9, 20:11, 26:55, 30:1, 31:4, 31:5, 31:6, 32:28, 33:54, 34:13, 34:14, 34:15, 34:18, 34:19, 34:20, 34:21, 34:22, 34:23, 34:24, 34:25, 34:26, 34:27, 34:28, 36:3, 36:4, 36:5, 36:6, 36:7, 36:8, 36:9, 36:12
- Joshua 7:1, 7:18, 13:15, 13:24, 13:29, 14:1, 14:2, 14:3, 14:4, 15:1, 15:20, 15:21, 16:8, 17:1, 18:11, 18:21, 19:1, 19:8, 19:23, 19:24, 19:31, 19:39, 19:40, 19:48, 19:51, 20:8, 21:1, 21:4, 21:5, 21:6, 21:7, 21:9, 21:17, 21:20, 21:23, 21:25, 21:27, 21:28, 21:30, 21:32, 21:34, 21:38, 22:1, 22:14
- 1 Samuel 14:27, 14:43
- 1 Kings 7:14, 8:1
- 1 Chronicles 6:60, 6:61, 6:62, 6:63, 6:65, 6:66, 6:70, 6:71, 6:72, 6:74, 6:76, 6:77, 6:78, 6:80, 12:31
- 2 Chronicles 5:2
- Psalms 105:16, 110:2
- Isaiah 9:4, 10:5, 10:15, 10:24, 10:26, 14:5, 28:27, 30:32
- Jeremiah 48:17
- Ezekiel 4:16, 5:16, 7:10, 7:11, 14:13, 19:11, 19:12, 19:14
- Micah 6:9
- Habakkuk 3:9, 3:14
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).