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Lexicon :: Strong's H4294 - maṭṭê

Aa
מַטֶּה
Transliteration
maṭṭê
Pronunciation
mat-teh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1352b

Strong’s Definitions

מַטֶּה maṭṭeh, mat-teh'; or (feminine) מַטָּה maṭṭâh; from H5186; 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):—rod, staff, tribe.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 251x

The KJV translates Strong's H4294 in the following manner: tribe (182x), rod (52x), staff (15x), staves (1x), tribe (with H4294) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 251x
The KJV translates Strong's H4294 in the following manner: tribe (182x), rod (52x), staff (15x), staves (1x), tribe (with H4294) (1x).
  1. staff, branch, tribe

    1. staff, rod, shaft

    2. branch (of vine)

    3. tribe

      1. company led by chief with staff (originally)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַטֶּה maṭṭeh, mat-teh'; or (feminine) מַטָּה maṭṭâh; from H5186; 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):—rod, staff, tribe.
STRONGS H4294: Abbreviations
מַטֶּה 251 noun masculineExodus 4:17 (feminine Micah 6:9 according to MT, but dubious, see below)
1. staff, rod, shaft.
2. branch.
3. tribe (Ecclus 48:2 staff, Ecclesiasticus 45:6; Ecclesiasticus 45:25 tribe); — absolute מ׳ Genesis 38:25 +; construct מַטַּה Exodus 4:20 +; suffix מַטְּךָ Genesis 38:18 + 5 times, מַטֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 8:1, מַטֵּ֫הוּ Isaiah 10:24 + 10 times; plural מַטּוֺת 1 Kings 8:1 +, etc.; suffix מַטּוֺחָם Exodus 7:12; Numbers 17:21; also מַטָּיו Habakkuk 3:14 (but read מַטֶּיךָ or — Gr — מַטֹּתֶיךָ); —
1. (compare מַקֵּל, שֵׁבֶט) staff of traveller Genesis 38:18, 25 (J); in general Isaiah 10:15 (simile; || שֵׁבֶט); from staff as support comes figurative מַטֵּהלֶֿחֶם staff of bread (food supply) Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 14:13; Leviticus 26:26; Psalm 105:16; of staff or rod, Moses as shepherd Exodus 4:2, 4; Exodus 7:15 (J), Exodus 4:17; Exodus 7:17, 20; Exodus 9:23; Exodus 10:13; Exodus 17:5 (all E); compare also Isaiah 10:26; Exodus 14:16; Numbers 20:8, 9, 11 (all P); called הָאֱלֹהִים מ׳ Exodus 4:20; Exodus 17:9 (both E), because of miraculous power connected with it; compare mirac. rod of Aaron Exodus 7:9, 10, 12, 19; Exodus 8:1; Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13 (all P), and of Egyptian magicians Exodus 7:12 (twice in verse) (P); compare Aaron's rod that budded Numbers 17:18 [Numbers 17:3]; Numbers 17:21 [Numbers 17:6]; Numbers 17:23 [Numbers 17:8]; Numbers 17:25 [Numbers 17:10] (compare RSSemitic i. 180; 2d ed. 197); carried even by warrior 1 Samuel 14:27, 43; מַטֵּה שִׁכְמוֺ Isaiah 9:3 i.e. rod that strikes his shoulder, task-master's rod (|| שֵׁבֶט הַנֹּגֵשׂ בּוֺ), compare Isaiah 10:5 and Isaiah 10:24; Isaiah 14:5 (|| שֵׁבֶט), all figurative of oppression; מַטֵּה מוּסָדָה Isaiah 30:32 appointed rod (of punishment); compare מ׳ Ezekiel 7:10, 11 (but text obscure, Co — which see — sceptre), also Micah 6:9 according to MT, but see below 3; used in beating out (חבט) fennel Isaiah 28:27; staff as badge of leader or ruler מַטֵּהעֹֿז Jeremiah 48:17 (|| מַקֵּל), compare Psalm 110:2; so Numbers 17:17 [Numbers 17:2] (4 times in verse) + 10 times Numbers 17; apparently shafts, i.e. arrows or spears, Habakkuk 3:9, 14 (compare Now Da GASm).
†2. branch of vine Ezekiel 19:11, 12, 14 (twice in verse).
3. tribe (183 times), originally company led by chief with staff: specifically of tribes of Israel in both singular and plural, 1 Kings 7:14; 1 Kings 8:1 2 Chronicles 5:2; Exodus 31:2 + 5 times Exodus; Leviticus 24:11; Numbers 1:4 + 89 times Numbers; Joshua 7:1 + 56 times Joshua (all P); 1 Chronicles 6:45 + 21 times 1 Chronicles 6; 1 Chronicles 12:31; probably also Micah 6:9 (vocative; so Greek Version of the LXX We Now GASm). — compare שֵׁבֶט, and on relation of these two words for tribe Hebrew usage DrJPhoenician xi. (1882), 213 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:18; 38:18; 38:25; 38:25

Exodus

4:2; 4:4; 4:17; 4:17; 4:20; 4:20; 7:9; 7:10; 7:12; 7:12; 7:12; 7:15; 7:17; 7:19; 7:20; 8:1; 8:1; 8:12; 8:13; 9:23; 10:13; 14:16; 17:5; 17:9; 31:2

Leviticus

24:11; 26:26

Numbers

1:4; 17; 17:2; 17:3; 17:6; 17:8; 17:10; 20:8; 20:9; 20:11

Joshua

7:1

1 Samuel

14:27; 14:43

1 Kings

7:14; 8:1; 8:1

1 Chronicles

6; 6:45; 12:31

2 Chronicles

5:2

Psalms

105:16; 110:2

Isaiah

9:3; 10:5; 10:15; 10:24; 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; 6:9; 6:9

Habakkuk

3:9; 3:14; 3:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4294 matches the Hebrew מַטֶּה (maṭṭê),
which occurs 252 times in 205 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (Num 34:19–Jos 21:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:19 - “These H428 are the names H8034 of the men: H376 of the tribe H4294 of Judah, H3063 Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh. H3312
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:20 - “Of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Simeon, H8095 Samuel H8050 the son H1121 of Ammihud. H5989
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:21 - “Of the tribe H4294 of Benjamin, H1144 Elidad H449 the son H1121 of Chislon. H3692
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:22 - “Of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Dan H1835 a leader, H5387 Bukki H1231 the son H1121 of Jogli. H3020
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:23 - “Of the sons H1121 of Joseph: H3130 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 a leader, H5387 Hanniel H2592 the son H1121 of Ephod. H641
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:24 - “Of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 a leader, H5387 Kemuel H7055 the son H1121 of Shiphtan. H8204
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:25 - “Of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Zebulun H2074 a leader, H5387 Elizaphan H469 the son H1121 of Parnach. H6535
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:26 - “Of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Issachar H3485 a leader, H5387 Paltiel H6409 the son H1121 of Azzan. H5821
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:27 - “Of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Asher H836 a leader, H5387 Ahihud H282 the son H1121 of Shelomi. H8015
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:28 - “Of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Naphtali H5321 a leader, H5387 Pedahel H6300 the son H1121 of Ammihud.” H5989
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - “But if they [fn]marry H1961 H802 one H259 of the sons H1121 of the other tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 their inheritance H5159 will be withdrawn H1639 from the inheritance H5159 of our fathers H1 and will be added H3254 to the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 to which H834 they belong; H1961 thus it will be withdrawn H1639 from our allotted H1486 inheritance. H5159
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:4 - “When H518 the jubilee H3104 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]comes, H1961 then their inheritance H5159 will be added H3254 to the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 to which H834 they belong; H1961 so their inheritance H5159 will be withdrawn H1639 from the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of our fathers.” H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:5 - Then Moses H4872 commanded H6680 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 according H5921 to the [fn]word H6310 of the LORD, H3068 saying, H559 “The tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 are right H3651 in their statements. H1696
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - “This H2088 is [fn]what H1697 H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H6680 concerning the daughters H1323 of Zelophehad, H6765 saying, H559 ‘Let them marry H1961 H802 [fn]whom they wish; H2896 H5869 only H389 they must marry H1961 H802 within the family H4940 of the tribe H4294 of their father.’ H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:7 - “Thus no H3808 inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 shall [fn]be transferred H5437 from tribe H4294 to tribe, H4294 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 shall each H376 [fn]hold H1692 to the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of his fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - “Every H3605 daughter H1323 who comes H3423 into possession H3423 of an inheritance H5159 of any H4480 tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 shall be wife H802 to one H259 of the family H4940 of the tribe H4294 of her father, H1 so H4616 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 each H376 may possess H3423 the inheritance H5159 of his fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:9 - “Thus no H3808 inheritance H5159 shall [fn]be transferred H5437 from one tribe H4294 to another H312 tribe, H4294 for the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 shall each H376 [fn]hold H1692 to his own inheritance.” H5159
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12 - They married H802 those from the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 the son H1121 of Joseph, H3130 and their inheritance H5159 [fn]remained H1961 with the tribe H4294 of the family H4940 of their father. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 acted H4603 unfaithfully H4604 in regard to the things H2764 under H2764 the ban, H2764 for Achan, H5912 the son H1121 of Carmi, H3756 the son H1121 of Zabdi, H2067 the son H1121 of Zerah, H2226 from the tribe H4294 of Judah, H3063 took H3947 some H4480 of the things H2764 under H2764 the ban, H2764 therefore the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 burned H2734 against the sons H1121 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:18 - He brought H7126 his household H1004 near H7126 man H1397 by man; H1397 and Achan, H5912 son H1121 of Carmi, H3756 son H1121 of Zabdi, H2067 son H1121 of Zerah, H2226 from the tribe H4294 of Judah, H3063 was taken. H3920
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 - So Moses H4872 gave H5414 an inheritance to the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:24 - Moses H4872 also gave H5414 an inheritance to the tribe H4294 of Gad, H1410 to the sons H1121 of Gad, H1410 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29 - Moses H4872 also gave H5414 an inheritance to the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh; H4519 and it was for the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 - Now these H428 are the territories which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 inherited H5157 in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest, H3548 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun, H5126 and the heads H7218 of the [fn]households H1 of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 apportioned H5157 to them for an inheritance, H5157
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:2 - by the lot H1486 of their inheritance, H5159 as the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 [fn]through H3027 Moses, H4872 for the nine H8672 tribes H4294 and the half-tribe. H2677 H4294
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - For Moses H4872 had given H5414 the inheritance H5159 of the two H8147 tribes H4294 and the half-tribe H2677 H4294 beyond H4480 H5676 the Jordan; H3383 but he did not give H5414 an inheritance H5159 to the Levites H3881 among H8432 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 were two H8147 tribes, H4294 Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim, H669 and they did not give H5414 a portion H2506 to the Levites H3881 in the land, H776 except H3588 H518 cities H5892 to live H3427 in, with their pasture H4054 lands H4054 for their livestock H4735 and for their property. H7075
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - Now the lot H1486 for the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 according to their families H4940 [fn]reached H1961 the border H1366 of Edom, H123 southward H5045 to the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 at the extreme H7097 south. H8486
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 - This H2088 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 - Now the cities H5892 at the extremity H7097 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 toward H413 the border H1366 of Edom H123 in the south H5045 were Kabzeel H6909 and Eder H5740 and Jagur, H3017
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah H8599 the border H1366 continued H1980 westward H3220 to the [fn]brook H5158 of Kanah, H7071 and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at the sea. H3220 This H2088 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to their families, H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 - Now this was the lot H1486 for the tribe H4294 of Manasseh, H4519 for he was the firstborn H1060 of Joseph. H3130 To Machir H4353 the firstborn H1060 of Manasseh, H4519 the father H1 of Gilead, H1568 [fn]were allotted H1961 Gilead H1568 and Bashan, H1316 because H3588 he was a man H376 of war. H4421
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 - Now the lot H1486 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 came H5927 up according to their families, H4940 and the territory H1366 of their lot H1486 [fn]lay H3318 between H996 the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 and the sons H1121 of Joseph. H3130
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - Now the cities H5892 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 according to their families H4940 were Jericho H3405 and Beth-hoglah H1031 and Emek-keziz, H6010 H7104
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 - Then the second H8145 lot H1486 [fn]fell H3318 to Simeon, H8095 to the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Simeon H8095 according to their families, H4940 and their inheritance H5159 was in the midst H8432 of the inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all H3605 the villages H2691 which H834 were around H5439 these H428 cities H5892 as far H5704 as Baalath-beer, H1192 Ramah H7414 H5045 of the [fn]Negev. H7414 H5045 This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Simeon H8095 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Issachar H3485 according to their families, H4940 the cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24 - Now the fifth H2549 lot H1486 [fn]fell H3318 to the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Asher H836 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Asher H836 according to their families, H4940 these H428 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Naphtali H5321 according to their families, H4940 the cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:40 - The seventh H7637 lot H1486 [fn]fell H3318 to the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Dan H1835 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Dan H1835 according to their families, H4940 these H428 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These H428 are the inheritances H5159 which H834 Eleazar H499 the priest, H3548 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun, H5126 and the heads H7218 of the [fn]households H1 of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 distributed H5157 by lot H1486 in Shiloh H7887 before H6440 the LORD H3068 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting. H4150 So they finished H3615 dividing H2505 the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - Beyond H4480 the Jordan H3383 east H4217 of Jericho, H3405 they [fn]designated H5414 Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057 on the plain H4334 from the tribe H4294 of Reuben, H7205 and Ramoth H7216 in Gilead H1568 from the tribe H4294 of Gad, H1410 and Golan H1474 in Bashan H1316 from the tribe H4294 of Manasseh. H4519
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Then the heads H7218 of [fn]households H1 of the Levites H3881 approached H5066 Eleazar H499 the priest, H3548 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun, H5126 and the heads H7218 of [fn]households H1 of the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - Then the lot H1486 came H3318 out for the families H4940 of the Kohathites. H6956 And the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest, H3548 who were of the Levites, H3881 [fn]received H1961 thirteen H7969 H6240 cities H5892 by lot H1486 from the tribe H4294 of Judah H3063 and from the tribe H4294 of the Simeonites H8099 and from the tribe H4294 of Benjamin. H1144
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - The rest H3498 of the sons H1121 of Kohath H6955 [fn]received ten H6235 cities H5892 by lot H1486 from the families H4940 of the tribe H4294 of Ephraim H669 and from the tribe H4294 of Dan H1835 and from the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh. H4519
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - The sons H1121 of Gershon H1648 [fn]received thirteen H7969 H6240 cities H5892 by lot H1486 from the families H4940 of the tribe H4294 of Issachar H3485 and from the tribe H4294 of Asher H836 and from the tribe H4294 of Naphtali H5321 and from the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh H4519 in Bashan. H1316
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - The sons H1121 of Merari H4847 according to their families H4940 [fn]received twelve H8147 H6240 cities H5892 from the tribe H4294 of Reuben H7205 and from the tribe H4294 of Gad H1410 and from the tribe H4294 of Zebulun. H2074
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:9 - They gave H5414 these H428 cities H5892 which H834 are here mentioned H7121 by name H8034 from the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 and from the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Simeon; H8095

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