Hebrew word

shêbeṭ

shay'-bet

שֵׁבֶט

What it means

a scion, i.e. a stick or a clan

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

Where it comes from

from an unused root probably meaning to branch off

How the King James translates it

tribes77
tribe56
rod32
sceptre8
staff2
pen1
darts1
correction1

Every place it appears 179

Genesis49:10 49:16 49:28

Exodus21:20 24:4

Leviticus27:32

Numbers4:18 18:2 24:2 24:17 32:33 36:3

Deuteronomy1:13 1:15 3:13 5:23 10:8 12:5 12:14 16:18 18:1 18:5 29:8 29:10 29:18 29:21 31:28 33:5

Joshua1:12 3:12 4:2 4:4 4:5 4:8 4:12 7:14 7:16 11:23 12:6 12:7 13:7 13:14 13:29 13:33 18:2 18:4 18:7 22:7 22:9 22:10 22:11 22:13 22:15 22:21 23:4 24:1

Judges5:14 18:1 18:19 18:30 20:2 20:10 20:12 21:3 21:5 21:6 21:8 21:15 21:17 21:24

1 Samuel2:28 9:21 10:19 10:20 10:21 15:17

2 Samuel5:1 7:7 7:14 15:2 15:10 18:14 19:9 20:14 23:21 24:2

1 Kings8:16 11:13 11:31 11:32 11:35 11:36 12:20 12:21 14:21 18:31

2 Kings17:18 21:7

1 Chronicles5:18 5:23 5:26 11:23 12:37 23:14 26:32 27:16 27:20 27:22 28:1 29:6

2 Chronicles6:5 11:16 12:13 33:7

Job9:34 21:9 37:13

Psalms2:9 23:4 45:6 74:2 78:55 78:67 78:68 89:32 122:4 125:3

Proverbs10:13 13:24 22:8 22:15 23:13 23:14 26:3 29:15

Isaiah9:4 10:5 10:15 10:24 11:4 14:5 14:29 49:6 63:17

Jeremiah10:16 51:19

Lamentations3:1

Ezekiel19:11 19:14 20:37 21:10 21:13 37:19 47:13 47:21 47:22 47:23 48:1 48:19 48:23 48:29 48:31

Hosea5:9

Amos1:5 1:8

Micah5:1 7:14

Zechariah9:1 10:11