שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) means “tribe: staff” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shay'-bet Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שֵׁ֫בֶט · she.vet · tribe: staff
: staff 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
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שֵׁ֫בֶט · she.vet · tribe
: tribe 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
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שֵׁ֫בֶט · she.vet · tribe: javelin
: javelin 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
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שֵׁ֫בֶט · she.vet · tribe: ruler
: ruler 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
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from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV glosses: [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the tribes | 27 |
| tribe | 14 |
| the tribe | 12 |
| of the tribes | 10 |
| tribes | 9 |
| the scepter | 6 |
| from each tribe | 5 |
| with a rod | 5 |
| the rod | 4 |
| and the tribe | 3 |
| of your tribes | 3 |
| scepter | 3 |
| tribe by tribe | 3 |
| with the rod | 3 |
| and the rod | 2 |
| and the tribes | 2 |
| for your tribes | 2 |
| to the tribe | 2 |
| to the tribes | 2 |
| with a club | 2 |
| your tribes | 2 |
| a rod | 1 |
| according to the tribes | 1 |
| according to their tribes | 1 |
| after the tribes | 1 |
| among his tribes | 1 |
| among the tribes | 1 |
| and | 1 |
| and a rod | 1 |
| and a scepter | 1 |
| and of the tribe | 1 |
| and the scepter | 1 |
| are the tribes | 1 |
| as the tribe | 1 |
| but a rod | 1 |
| but the rod | 1 |
| by your tribes | 1 |
| for a tribe | 1 |
| for punishment | 1 |
| for the tribe | 1 |
| from each of your tribes | 1 |
| from the other tribes | 1 |
| from the tribes | 1 |
| his rod | 1 |
| in the scepter | 1 |
| in the tribes | 1 |
| is the scepter | 1 |
| it would be like a rod | 1 |
| of her tribes | 1 |
| of the leaders | 1 |
| of tribes | 1 |
| of your tribal territories | 1 |
| rod of punishment | 1 |
| so that a tribe | 1 |
| spears | 1 |
| staff | 1 |
| the half-tribe | 1 |
| the shepherds rod | 1 |
| then he had the tribe | 1 |
| to his own tribe | 1 |
| to their tribes | 1 |
| to your tribes | 1 |
| tribal | 1 |
| under the rod | 1 |
| when the tribes | 1 |
| with his scepter | 1 |
| with your staff | 1 |
| you with a rod | 1 |
| your rod | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| tribe | 25 |
| of the tribes | 16 |
| the tribe | 13 |
| tribes | 11 |
| the rod | 9 |
| the tribes | 6 |
| out of all the tribes | 5 |
| the sceptre | 5 |
| of your tribes | 4 |
| with a rod | 4 |
| all the tribes | 3 |
| him with the rod | 3 |
| of the tribe | 3 |
| throughout all the tribes | 3 |
| according to their tribes | 2 |
| among all the tribes | 2 |
| among your tribes | 2 |
| and the tribes | 2 |
| by their tribes | 2 |
| his rod | 2 |
| to him with a staff | 2 |
| under the rod | 2 |
| with the rod | 2 |
| a sceptre | 1 |
| according to your tribes | 1 |
| all the tribe | 1 |
| among the tribes | 1 |
| among their tribes | 1 |
| and a rod | 1 |
| and a sceptre | 1 |
| and made the tribes | 1 |
| and the rod | 1 |
| and the sceptre | 1 |
| and the tribe | 1 |
| as of all the tribes | 1 |
| because the rod | 1 |
| before all the tribes | 1 |
| but a rod | 1 |
| but the tribe | 1 |
| but unto the tribe | 1 |
| by lot unto the tribes | 1 |
| by the rod | 1 |
| by your tribes | 1 |
| darts | 1 |
| even the rod | 1 |
| for the rod | 1 |
| for the sceptres | 1 |
| for your tribes | 1 |
| furthermore over the tribes | 1 |
| had caused all the tribes | 1 |
| him out of all the tribes | 1 |
| him out of all thy tribes | 1 |
| in the tribes | 1 |
| in what tribe | 1 |
| it as if the rod | 1 |
| it out of all the tribes | 1 |
| not the tribe | 1 |
| of a tribe | 1 |
| of all the tribes | 1 |
| of thy tribes | 1 |
| only unto the tribe | 1 |
| or tribe | 1 |
| out of all tribes | 1 |
| out of all your tribes | 1 |
| out of the tribes | 1 |
| sake the tribes | 1 |
| sceptre | 1 |
| that a tribe | 1 |
| the pen | 1 |
| thee throughout thy tribes | 1 |
| thee with a rod | 1 |
| them out of all the tribes | 1 |
| them with a rod | 1 |
| through all the tribe | 1 |
| through all the tribes | 1 |
| to his tribe | 1 |
| to the tribe | 1 |
| unto a tribe | 1 |
| unto the tribes | 1 |
| unto you according to the tribes | 1 |
| when he had caused the tribe | 1 |
| whether for correction | 1 |
| with me thy rod | 1 |
| with the tribe | 1 |
| with thy rod | 1 |
Page 2 of 4. 178 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
Read word by word(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
Read word by wordSo the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
Read word by wordAnd when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
Read word by wordThen the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”
Read word by wordThe Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Read word by wordThey went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,
Read word by wordThen the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:
Read word by wordSee, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
Read word by wordThen Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
Read word by wordSome came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
Read word by wordIn those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
Read word by word“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
Read word by wordThe Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
Read word by wordThe leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.
Read word by wordWe will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
Read word by wordAnd the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
Read word by word“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
Read word by wordThe Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
Read word by wordAnd the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
Read word by wordSo they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
Read word by wordThe people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
Read word by wordThey added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
Read word by wordAnd at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
Read word by wordAnd out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
Read word by wordSaul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
Read word by wordBut today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
Read word by wordThus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
Read word by wordThen he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
Read word by wordAnd Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
Read word by wordThen all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
Read word by wordIn all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
Read word by wordI will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
Read word by wordHe would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
Read word by wordThen Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
Read word by wordBut Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
Read word by wordAnd all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.10
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
Read word by wordHe also struck down an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
Read word by wordSo the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
Read word by word‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Read word by wordYet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
Read word by wordand said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.
Read word by wordBut one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
Read word by wordBut I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.
Read word by wordI will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
Read word by wordWhen all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
Read word by wordAnd when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
Read word by wordAnd Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
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