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mat.teh H4294

מַטֶּה (mat.teh) means “tribe: rod” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מַטֶּה Hebrew · H4294 252 tagged occurrences in 205 verses

Pronunciation guide: mat-teh' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4294G

מַטֶּה · mat.teh · tribe: rod

: rod/staff 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)

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TBESH · H4294H

מַטֶּה · mat.teh · tribe

: tribe 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)

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TBESH · H4294I

מַטֶּה · mat.teh · tribe: arrow

: arrow 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)

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TBESH · H4294J

מַטֶּה · mat.teh · tribe: stick

: stick 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)

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TBESH · H4294K

מַטֶּה · mat.teh · tribe: supply

: supply 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or (feminine) מַטָּה; from H5186 (נָטָה); 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)

KJV glosses: rod, staff, tribe.

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How translators render H4294

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
from the tribe 39
of the tribe 36
to the tribe 12
the tribe 11
the staff 10
from the tribes 8
and from the tribe 7
staff 7
his staff 6
tribe 6
tribes 6
of the tribes 5
next will be the tribe 4
your staff 4
from each tribe 3
supply 3
the half-tribe 3
branches 2
of the staff 2
one 2
scepter 2
the rod 2
the staffs 2
the tribal 2
with his staff 2
with the staff 2
a staff 1
a tribe 1
according to the tribes 1
and 1
and staff 1
and the staff 1
branch 1
by the tribe 1
for the tribe 1
from its main branch 1
from one tribe 1
from tribe 1
his own staff 1
his staff down 1
into a rod 1
into a staff 1
many arrows 1
of the other tribes 1
of the rod 1
or a staff 1
staffs 1
staffs in all 1
the bar across 1
the other staffs 1
the supply 1
the tribes 1
their supplies 1
them 1
to 1
to the tribes 1
were the tribal 1
with a stick 1
with his own spear 1
with your staff 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of the tribe 70
and out of the tribe 26
tribe 20
out of the tribe 14
of the tribes 12
the tribe 9
for the tribe 6
his rod 6
the rod 6
rod 5
tribes 5
rods 4
the staff 4
thy rod 4
then the tribe 3
and the rod 2
and the staff 2
of every tribe 2
of the rod 2
staff 2
their rods 2
throughout all the tribes 2
unto the tribe 2
with the rod 2
a rod 1
according to the tribes 1
after the tribe 1
all the rods 1
also of the tribe 1
and behold the rod 1
and of the tribe 1
and staff 1
and the tribe 1
and thy rod 1
and thy staff 1
and with his rod 1
as if the staff 1
from tribe 1
him a rod 1
his staff 1
in any tribe 1
into a rod 1
it and it became a rod 1
of a rod 1
of every one of them a rod 1
of that tribe 1
remained in the tribe 1
the rods 1
the whole staff 1
these of the tribe 1
this rod 1
to tribe 1
upon his rod 1
upon the rod 1
with a staff 1
with his rod 1
with his staves 1
with thy rod 1
ye the rod 1
your staff 1

Verses containing H4294

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  1. Genesis 38:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

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  2. Genesis 38:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”

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  3. Exodus 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

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  4. Exodus 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

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  5. Exodus 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”

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  6. Exodus 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

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  7. Exodus 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”

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  8. Exodus 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

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  9. Exodus 7:12 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.

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  10. Exodus 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

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  11. Exodus 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.

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  12. Exodus 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

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  13. Exodus 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.

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  14. Exodus 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

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    Source alternate reference: 8.1

  15. Exodus 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

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    Source alternate reference: 8.12

  16. Exodus 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

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    Source alternate reference: 8.13

  17. Exodus 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

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  18. Exodus 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

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  19. Exodus 14:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

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  20. Exodus 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

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  21. Exodus 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

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  22. Exodus 31:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

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  23. Exodus 31:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you:

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  24. Exodus 35:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

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  25. Exodus 35:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.

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  26. Exodus 38:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.

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  27. Exodus 38:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.

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  28. Leviticus 24:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

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  29. Leviticus 26:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

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  30. Numbers 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

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  31. Numbers 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.

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  32. Numbers 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

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  33. Numbers 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

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  34. Numbers 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

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  35. Numbers 1:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

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  36. Numbers 1:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

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  37. Numbers 1:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

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  38. Numbers 1:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

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  39. Numbers 1:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

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  40. Numbers 1:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

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  41. Numbers 1:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

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  42. Numbers 1:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

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  43. Numbers 1:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

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  44. Numbers 1:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.

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  45. Numbers 1:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

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  46. Numbers 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,

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  47. Numbers 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon,

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  48. Numbers 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

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  49. Numbers 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,

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  50. Numbers 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,

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