Strong's #4294: matteh (pronounced mat-teh')
or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}; from 5186; 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
ּ / ּ
maṭṭeh / maṭṭâh
1) staff, branch, tribe
1a) staff, rod, shaft
1b) branch (of vine)
1c) tribe
1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from H5186
Usage:
This word is used 251 times:
Genesis 38:18: "thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in"
Genesis 38:25: "are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff."
Exodus 4:2: "him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod."
Exodus 4:4: "his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:"
Exodus 4:17: "And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs."
Exodus 4:20: "and Moses took the rod of God in his hand."
Exodus 7:9: "Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become"
Exodus 7:10: "and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants,"
Exodus 7:12: "For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up"
Exodus 7:12: "and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods."
Exodus 7:12: "rod swallowed up their rods."
Exodus 7:15: "the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take"
Exodus 7:17: "behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters"
Exodus 7:19: "unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters"
Exodus 7:20: "the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that"
Exodus 8:5: "Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers,"
Exodus 8:16: "Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land,"
Exodus 8:17: "stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth,"
Exodus 9:23: "And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent"
Exodus 10:13: "And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD"
Exodus 14:16: "But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over"
Exodus 17:5: "with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest"
Exodus 17:9: "on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand."
Exodus 31:2: "of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:"
Exodus 31:6: "Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise"
Exodus 35:30: "of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;"
Exodus 35:34: "and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan."
Exodus 38:22: "of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all"
Exodus 38:23: "him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer"
Leviticus 24:11: "was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)"
Leviticus 26:26: "And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one"
Numbers 1:4: "you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers."
Numbers 1:16: "were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel."
Numbers 1:21: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred."
Numbers 1:23: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred."
Numbers 1:25: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred"
Numbers 1:27: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred."
Numbers 1:29: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred."
Numbers 1:31: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred."
Numbers 1:33: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred."
Numbers 1:35: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred."
Numbers 1:37: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred."
Numbers 1:39: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred."
Numbers 1:41: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred."
Numbers 1:43: "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred."
Numbers 1:47: "But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among"
Numbers 1:49: "thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum"
Numbers 2:5: "And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain"
Numbers 2:7: " Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun."
Numbers 2:12: "And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel"
