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Lexicon :: Strong's H7641 - šibōleṯ

Aa
שִׁבֹּלֶת
Transliteration
šibōleṯ
Pronunciation
shib-bole
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as שֹׁבֶל (H7640), a stream (as flowing)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2316b,2316c

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁבֹּל shibbôl, shib-bole; or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת shibbôleth; from the same as H7640; a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch:—branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H7641 in the following manner: ears (11x), ears of corn (3x), branches (1x), channel (1x), floods (1x), Shibboleth (1x), waterflood (with H4325) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H7641 in the following manner: ears (11x), ears of corn (3x), branches (1x), channel (1x), floods (1x), Shibboleth (1x), waterflood (with H4325) (1x).

  1. flowing stream

  2. ear (of grain), head of grain

    1. as growing

    2. cluster

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁבֹּל shibbôl, shib-bole; or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת shibbôleth; from the same as H7640; a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch:—branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451.
STRONGS H7641: Abbreviations
† I. שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת noun feminine flowing stream; — שׁ׳ absolute Psalm 69:3, as test of dialect Judges 12:6 (compare סִבֹּלֶת and GFM); construct מַיִם שׁ׳ Psalm 69:16, הַנָּהָר שׁ׳ Isaiah 27:12.

† II. שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת noun feminine ear of grain; — שׁ׳ absolute Job 24:21 +; plural שִׁבֳּלִים Genesis 41:5 +, construct שִׁבֳּלֵי Zechariah 4:12; — ear, Genesis 41:5, 6, 7: Genesis 41:7; Genesis 41:22; Genesis 41:23; Genesis 41:24 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:26, 27; Isaiah 17:5 (twice in verse); Ruth 2:2; Job 24:24; transf. spike (Pusey), end of olive bough Zechariah 4:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:5; 41:5; 41:6; 41:7; 41:7; 41:22; 41:23; 41:24; 41:26; 41:27

Judges

12:6

Ruth

2:2

Job

24:21; 24:24

Psalms

69:3; 69:16

Isaiah

17:5; 27:12

Zechariah

4:12; 4:12

H7641

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7641 matches the Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת (šibōleṯ),
which occurs 19 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - But he fell H3462 asleep H3462 and dreamed H2492 a second H8145 time H8145; and behold H2009, seven H7651 ears H7641 of H7641 grain H7641 came H5927 up H5927 on a single H259 stalk H7070, plump H1277 and good H2896.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - Then behold H2009, seven H7651 ears H7641, thin H1851 and scorched H7710 by the east H6921 wind H6921, sprouted H6779 up H6779 after H310 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And the thin H1851 ears H7641 swallowed H1104 the seven H7651 plump H1277 and full H4392 ears H7641. Then Pharaoh H6547 awoke H3364, and behold H2009, it was a dream H2472.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - “I saw H7200 also in my dream H2472, and behold H2009, seven H7651 ears H7641 of H7641 grain H7641, full H4392 and good H2896, came H5927 up H5927 on a single H259 stalk H7070;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - and behold H2009, seven H7651 ears H7641, withered H6798, thin H1851, and scorched H7710 by the east H6921 wind H6921 sprouted H6779 up H6779 after H310 them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - and the thin H1851 ears H7641 swallowed H1104 the seven H7651 good H2896 ears H7641. Then I told H559 it to the soothsayer H2748 priests H2748, but there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 who could explain H5046 it to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - “The seven H7651 good H2896 cows H6510 are seven H7651 years H8141; and the seven H7651 good H2896 ears H7641 are seven H7651 years H8141; the [fn]dreams H2472 are one H259 and the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - “The seven H7651 thin H7534 and ugly H7451 cows H6510 that came H5927 up H5927 after H310 them are seven H7651 years H8141, and the seven H7651 thin H7534 ears H7641 scorched H7710 by the east H6921 wind H6921 will be seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - then they would say H559 to him, “Just H4994 say H559, ‘Shibboleth H7641.’” But he said H559, “Sibboleth H5451,” for he was not [fn]prepared H3559 to [fn]pronounce H1696 it correctly H3651. Then they seized H270 him and slaughtered H7819 him at the crossing H4569 places H4569 of the Jordan H3383. So at that time H6256 forty-two H705 H8147 thousand H505 from Ephraim H669 fell H5307.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:2 - And Ruth H7327 the Moabitess H4125 said H559 to Naomi H5281, “Please H4994 let me go H1980 to the field H7704 and glean H3950 among the ears H7641 of H7641 grain H7641 following H310 one in whose H834 eyes H5869 I may find H4672 favor H2580.” And she said H559 to her, “Go H1980, my daughter H1323.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:24 -

“They are exalted H7426 a little H4592 while H4592, then they are H369 gone H369;

Moreover, they are brought H4355 low H4355, and like everything H3605 they are gathered H7092 up;

Like the heads H7218 of grain H7641 they wither H4448.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2 -

I have sunk H2883 in deep H4688 mud H3121, and there H369 is H369 no H369 foothold H4613;

I have come H935 into deep H4615 waters H4325, and a [fn]flood H7641 overflows H7857 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 -

May the [fn]flood H7641 of water H4325 not overflow H7857 me

Nor H408 the deep H4688 swallow H1104 me up H1104,

Nor H408 the pit H875 close H332 its mouth H6310 on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:5 -

It will be like the [fn]reaper H622 gathering H7105 the standing H7054 grain H7054,

As his arm H2220 harvests H7114 the ears H7641,

Or it will be like one gleaning H3950 ears H7641 of H7641 grain H7641

In the Valley H6010 of Rephaim H7497.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12 -

On that day H3117 the LORD H3068 will thresh H2251 from the flowing H7641 stream H7641 of the Euphrates River H5104 to the brook H5158 of Egypt H4714, and you will be gathered H3950 up H3950 one H259 by one H259, you sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12 - And I responded H6030 the second H8145 time H8145 and said H559 to him, “What H4100 are the two H8147 olive H2132 [fn]branches H7641 which H834 are beside H3027 the two H8147 golden H2091 pipes H6804, which empty H7324 the golden H2091 oil from themselves?”
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