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 1:35 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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;

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. Numbers 2:20 מַטֵּ֣ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

  13. Numbers 2:22 וּמַטֵּ֖ה u.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

  14. Numbers 2:27 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 Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.

  15. Numbers 2:29 וּמַטֵּ֖ה u.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

  16. Numbers 3:6 מַטֵּ֣ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

  17. Numbers 7:2 הַמַּטֹּ֔ת ha.ma.Tot · A person, place or thing

    that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered:

  18. Numbers 7:12 לְמַטֵּ֥ה le.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he that offered his oblation the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:

  19. Numbers 10:15 מַטֵּ֖ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.

  20. Numbers 10:16 מַטֵּ֖ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

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