Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4294
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- matteh
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4294
- Brief meaning
- From H5186, a branch (as extending), figuratively, a tribe, also a rod
- Source renderings
- rod, staff, tribe
- Root word
- mat-teh' or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
- Full definition from the source
- From H5186; 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). Root word: mat-teh' or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H5186
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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04294\ 4294 matteh 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. see HEBREW for 05186