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. Joshua 7:1 לְמַטֵּ֤ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.

  2. Joshua 7:18 לְמַטֵּ֥ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

  3. Joshua 13:15 לְמַטֵּ֥ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.

  4. Joshua 13:24 לְמַטֵּה־ le.ma.teh- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad, unto the children of Gad, according to their families.

  5. Joshua 13:29 מַטֵּ֥ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.

  6. Joshua 14:1 הַמַּטּ֖וֹת ha.ma.Tot · A person, place or thing

    And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them,

  7. Joshua 14:2 הַמַּטּ֖וֹת ha.ma.Tot · A person, place or thing

    by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

  8. Joshua 14:2 הַמַּטֶּֽה׃ ha.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

  9. Joshua 14:3 הַמַּטּוֹת֙ ha.ma.tOt · A person, place or thing

    For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

  10. Joshua 14:3 הַמַּטֶּ֔ה ha.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

  11. Joshua 14:4 מַטּ֖וֹת ma.Tot · A person, place or thing

    For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their substance.

  12. Joshua 15:1 לְמַטֵּ֛ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.

  13. Joshua 15:20 מַטֵּ֥ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

  14. Joshua 15:21 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

  15. Joshua 16:8 מַטֵּ֥ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;

  16. Joshua 17:1 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

  17. Joshua 18:11 מַטֵּ֥ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

  18. Joshua 18:21 לְמַטֵּ֛ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz,

  19. Joshua 19:1 לְמַטֵּ֥ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.

  20. Joshua 19:8 מַטֵּ֥ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

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