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. Numbers 1:4 לַמַּטֶּ֑ה la.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers' house.

  2. Numbers 1:16 מַטּ֣וֹת ma.Tot · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

  3. Numbers 1:21 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

  4. Numbers 1:23 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

  5. Numbers 1:25 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

  6. Numbers 1:27 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

  7. Numbers 1:29 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

  8. Numbers 1:31 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

  9. Numbers 1:33 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.

  10. Numbers 1:35 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

  11. Numbers 1:37 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

  12. Numbers 1:39 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

  13. Numbers 1:41 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

  14. Numbers 1:43 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

  15. Numbers 1:47 לְמַטֵּ֣ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

  16. Numbers 1:49 מַטֵּ֤ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

  17. Numbers 2:5 מַטֵּ֣ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.

  18. Numbers 2:7 מַטֵּ֖ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.

  19. Numbers 2:12 מַטֵּ֣ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

  20. Numbers 2:14 וְמַטֵּ֖ה ve.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

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