Hebrew word

maṭṭeh

mat-teh'

מַטֶּה

What it means

a branch

a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)

Where it comes from

or (feminine) מַטָּה; from nâṭâh (נָטָה)

How the King James translates it

tribe160
rod39
tribes20
staff14
rods6
staves1

Every place it appears 240

Genesis38:18

Exodus4:4 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

Leviticus24:11 26:26

Numbers1:4 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

Joshua7:1 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 Samuel14:27 14:43

1 Kings7:14 8:1

1 Chronicles6:60 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 Chronicles5:2

Psalms105:16 110:2

Isaiah9:4 10:5 10:15 10:24 10:26 14:5 28:27 30:32

Jeremiah48:17

Ezekiel4:16 5:16 7:10 7:11 14:13 19:11 19:12 19:14

Micah6:9

Habakkuk3:9 3:14