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. Genesis 38:18 וּמַטְּךָ֖ u.ma.te.Kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

  2. Genesis 38:25 וְהַמַּטֶּ֖ה ve.ham.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    When 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 the cords, and the staff.

  3. Exodus 4:2 מַטֶּֽה׃ ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.

  4. Exodus 4:4 לְמַטֶּ֖ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand);

  5. Exodus 4:17 הַמַּטֶּ֥ה ha.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

  6. Exodus 4:20 מַטֵּ֥ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And 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.

  7. Exodus 7:9 מַטְּךָ֛ ma.te.Kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.

  8. Exodus 7:10 מַטֵּ֗הוּ ma.Te.hu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

  9. Exodus 7:12 מַטֵּ֔הוּ ma.Te.hu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

  10. Exodus 7:12 מַטֵּֽה־ ma.teh- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

  11. Exodus 7:12 מַטֹּתָֽם׃ ma.to.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

  12. Exodus 7:15 וְהַמַּטֶּ֛ה ve.ham.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand.

  13. Exodus 7:17 בַּמַּטֶּ֣ה ba.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    Thus saith Jehovah, In this thou shalt know that I am Jehovah: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

  14. Exodus 7:19 מַטְּךָ֣ ma.te.Kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

  15. Exodus 7:20 בַּמַּטֶּה֙ ba.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

  16. Exodus 8:5 בְּמַטֶּ֔ךָ be.ma.Te.kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

  17. Exodus 8:16 מַטְּךָ֔ ma.te.Kha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  18. Exodus 8:17 בְמַטֵּ֙הוּ֙ ve.ma.Te.hu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

  19. Exodus 9:23 מַטֵּהוּ֮ ma.te.Hu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

  20. Exodus 10:13 מַטֵּהוּ֮ ma.te.Hu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

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