Strong's H7626
שֵׁבֶט
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
Derivation
from an unused root probably meaning to branch off;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, שֵׁבֶט is translated as: [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.