שֵׁבֶט

Derivation

from an unused root probably meaning to branch off;

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

[idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

Translated as

tribes (77), tribe (56), rod (32), sceptre (8), staff (2), pen (1), darts (1), correction (1), sceptres (1)

Where it appears

Found in 169 verses

Genesis

49:10, 49:16, 49:28

Exodus

21:20, 24:4

Leviticus

27:32

Numbers

4:18, 18:2, 24:2, 24:17, 32:33, 36:3

Deuteronomy

1:13, 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

Joshua

1:12, 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 + 8 more

Judges

5:14, 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 Samuel

2:28, 9:21, 10:19, 10:20, 10:21, 15:17

2 Samuel

5:1, 7:7, 7:14, 15:2, 15:10, 18:14, 19:9, 20:14, 23:21, 24:2

1 Kings

8:16, 11:13, 11:31, 11:32, 11:35, 11:36, 12:20, 12:21, 14:21, 18:31

2 Kings

17:18, 21:7

1 Chronicles

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

2 Chronicles

6:5, 11:16, 12:13, 33:7

Job

9:34, 21:9, 37:13

Psalms

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

Proverbs

10:13, 13:24, 22:8, 22:15, 23:13, 23:14, 26:3, 29:15

Isaiah

9:4, 10:5, 10:15, 10:24, 11:4, 14:5, 14:29, 49:6, 63:17

Jeremiah

10:16, 51:19

Lamentations

3:1

Ezekiel

19:11, 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

Hosea

5:9

Amos

1:5, 1:8

Micah

5:1, 7:14

Zechariah

9:1, 10:11