Tribe
מַטֶּהStrong’s H4294matteh (mat-teh)
Appears in 205 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Matteh is the Hebrew word usually translated “tribe of”, “from tribe of” and “staff of”. It appears in 205 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.”
Meaning
- Staff, branch, tribestaff, rod, shaft · branch (of vine) · tribe
How it's translated
- tribe of 45
- of tribe of 28
- and from tribe of 27
- for tribe of 17
- from tribe of 13
- staff of 11
- the tribes 11
- the tribe 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 89
- Joshua 45
- Exodus 25
- 1 Chronicles 15
- Isaiah 8
- Ezekiel 8
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 38:25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
- Exodus 4:2And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
- Exodus 4:4And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
- Exodus 4:17And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
- Exodus 4:20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
- Exodus 7:9When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
All 205 verses, by book
- Exodus 25
- 4:24:44:174:207:97:107:127:157:177:197:208:58:168:179:2310:1314:1617:517:931:231:635:3035:3438:2238:23
- Numbers 89
- 1:41:161:211:231:251:271:291:311:331:351:371:391:411:431:471:492:52:72:122:142:202:222:272:293:67:27:1210:1510:1610:1910:2010:2310:2410:2610:2713:213:413:513:613:713:813:913:1013:1113:1213:1313:1413:1517:217:317:517:617:717:817:917:1018:220:820:920:1126:5530:131:431:531:632:2833:5434:1334:1434:1534:1834:1934:2034:2134:2234:2334:2434:2534:2634:2734:2836:336:436:536:636:736:836:936:12
- Joshua 45
- 7:17:1813:1513:2413:2914:114:214:314:415:115:2015:2116:817:118:1118:2119:119:819:2319:2419:3119:3919:4019:4819:5120:821:121:421:521:621:721:921:1721:2021:2321:2521:2721:2821:3021:3221:3421:3621:3822:122:14
- 2 Chronicles 1
- 5:2
- Jeremiah 1
- 48:17
- Micah 1
- 6:9
Hebrew dictionary
מַטֶּה matteh · tribe
: rod/staff 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tribe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRIBE, noun
[Latin tribus.]
- A family, race or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.
- A division, class or distinct portion of people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated.
- A number of things having certain characters or resemblances, in common; as a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.
- A division; a number considered collectively.
All definitions and other forms of “tribe”
- A nation of savages; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as the tribes of the six nations; the Seneca tribe in America.
- A number of persons of any character or profession; in contempt; as the scribbling tribe
TRIBE, verb transitive
To distribute into tribes or classes. [Not much used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.