King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H7626 - Tribe

Strong's No.:	H7626

Hebrew:	שֵׁבֶט

Transliteration:	shêbeṭ

Phonetic:	shay'-bet

Word Origin:	From an unused root probably meaning to branch off

Bible Usage:	X-(idiom) {correction} {dart} {rod} {sceptre} {staff} tribe.

Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine

Strongs Definition:	a {scion} that {is} (literally) a stick (for {punishing} {writing} {fighting} {ruling} {walking} etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	1. rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe a. rod, staff b. shaft (of spear, dart) c. club (of shepherd's implement) d. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) e. clan, tribe

Bible References: Tribe	Num 4:18 Num 18:2 Num 32:33 Deut 1:23 Deut 3:13 Deut 10:8 Deut 18:1 Deut 29:8 Deut 29:18 Josh 1:12 Josh 4:12 Josh 7:14 Josh 7:16 Josh 12:6 Josh 13:7 Josh 13:14 Josh 13:29 Josh 13:33 Josh 18:4 Josh 18:7 Josh 22:7 Josh 22:9 Josh 22:10 Josh 22:11 Josh 22:13 Josh 22:15 Josh 22:21 Judg 18:1 Judg 18:19 Judg 18:30 Judg 20:12 Judg 21:3 Judg 21:6 Judg 21:17 Judg 21:24 1 Sam 9:21 1 Sam 10:20 1 Sam 10:21 1 King 11:13 1 King 11:32 1 King 11:36 1 King 12:20 1 King 12:21 2 King 17:18 1 Chr 5:18 1 Chr 5:23 1 Chr 5:26 1 Chr 12:37 1 Chr 23:14 1 Chr 26:32 1 Chr 27:20 Ps 78:67 Ps 78:68 Ezek 47:23

Translation Occurrences:	correction ( 1 ) darts ( 1 ) pen ( 1 ) rod ( 33 ) sceptre ( 9 ) sceptres ( 1 ) staff ( 2 ) tribe ( 54 ) tribes ( 82 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.