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:
Numbers 26:55: "shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit."
Numbers 30:1: "spoke unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This"
Numbers 31:4: " Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send"
Numbers 31:4: " Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send"
Numbers 31:4: "Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send"
Numbers 31:5: "out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand"
Numbers 31:6: "sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe them, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,"
Numbers 32:28: "of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:"
Numbers 33:54: "in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit."
Numbers 34:13: "commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:"
Numbers 34:13: "unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:"
Numbers 34:14: "For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children"
Numbers 34:14: "of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers,"
Numbers 34:14: "of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:"
Numbers 34:15: "The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side"
Numbers 34:15: "The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side"
Numbers 34:18: "And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance."
Numbers 34:19: "And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh."
Numbers 34:20: " And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud."
Numbers 34:21: " Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon."
Numbers 34:22: "And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli."
Numbers 34:23: "The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son"
Numbers 34:24: "And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan."
Numbers 34:25: "And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach."
Numbers 34:26: "And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan."
Numbers 34:27: "And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi."
Numbers 34:28: "And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud."
Numbers 36:3: "from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto"
Numbers 36:4: "be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away"
Numbers 36:4: "so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers."
Numbers 36:5: "the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well."
Numbers 36:6: "Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry."
Numbers 36:7: "of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for"
Numbers 36:7: "remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children"
Numbers 36:7: "of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers."
Numbers 36:8: "daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be"
Numbers 36:8: "shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that"
Numbers 36:9: "Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but"
Numbers 36:9: "remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes"
Numbers 36:9: "to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep"
Numbers 36:12: "the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father."
Joshua 7:1: "of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing:"
Joshua 7:18: "of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken."
Joshua 13:15: "And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families."
Joshua 13:24: "And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families."
Joshua 13:29: "of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families."
Joshua 14:1: "of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance"
Joshua 14:2: "by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe."
Joshua 14:2: "for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe."
Joshua 14:3: "had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other side"
