מַטֶּה

Derivation

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

Meaning

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)

In the King James Version

rod, staff, tribe.

Translated as

tribe (160), rod (39), tribes (20), staff (14), rods (6), staves (1)

Where it appears

Found in 202 verses

Genesis

38:18

Exodus

4:4, 4:17, 4:20, 7:9, 7:10, 7:12, 7:15, 7:17, 7:19, 7:20, 8:5, 8:16, 8:17, 9:23, 10:13, 14:16, 17:5, 17:9, 31:2, 31:6 + 4 more

Leviticus

24:11, 26:26

Numbers

1:4, 1:16, 1:21, 1:23, 1:25, 1:27, 1:29, 1:31, 1:33, 1:35, 1:37, 1:39, 1:41, 1:43, 1:47, 1:49, 2:5, 2:7, 2:12, 2:14 + 69 more

Joshua

7:1, 7:18, 13:15, 13:24, 13:29, 14:1, 14:2, 14:3, 14:4, 15:1, 15:20, 15:21, 16:8, 17:1, 18:11, 18:21, 19:1, 19:8, 19:23, 19:24 + 24 more

1 Samuel

14:27, 14:43

1 Kings

7:14, 8:1

1 Chronicles

6:60, 6:61, 6:62, 6:63, 6:65, 6:66, 6:70, 6:71, 6:72, 6:74, 6:76, 6:77, 6:78, 6:80, 12:31

2 Chronicles

5:2

Psalms

105:16, 110:2

Isaiah

9:4, 10:5, 10:15, 10:24, 10:26, 14:5, 28:27, 30:32

Jeremiah

48:17

Ezekiel

4:16, 5:16, 7:10, 7:11, 14:13, 19:11, 19:12, 19:14

Micah

6:9

Habakkuk

3:9, 3:14