מַטֶּה

mat.teh · tribe

Hebrew · Strong's H4294 · Noun · Sounds like: mat-teh' · 252 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • tribe H4294H 184
  • tribe: rod H4294G · a Meaning of 56
  • tribe: stick H4294J · a Meaning of 5
  • tribe: supply H4294K · a Meaning of 5
  • tribe: arrow H4294I · a Meaning of 2

Strong's dictionary

or (feminine) מַטָּה; from נָטָה; 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מַטֶּה 251 n.m.
1. staff, rod, shaft
2. branch
3. tribe

Every occurrence

  1. Ezekiel 4:16 מַטֵּה־ ma.teh- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

  2. Ezekiel 5:16 מַטֵּה־ ma.teh- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;

  3. Ezekiel 7:10 הַמַּטֶּ֔ה ha.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    Behold, the day, behold, it cometh: thy doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

  4. Ezekiel 7:11 לְמַטֵּה־ le.ma.teh- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.

  5. Ezekiel 14:13 מַטֵּה־ ma.teh- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast;

  6. Ezekiel 19:11 מַטּ֣וֹת ma.Tot · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

  7. Ezekiel 19:12 מַטֵּ֥ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.

  8. Ezekiel 19:14 מִמַּטֵּ֤ה mi.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

  9. Ezekiel 19:14 מַטֵּה־ ma.teh- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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