שִׁבֹּל
shibbôl · H7641 · Hebrew · 19 occurrences
Meanings
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stream, flood
Process by which a liquid flows from one place to another
ExamplesPsalm 69:2 I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.
Psalm 69:15 May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit close its mouth on me.
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ear of grain
Uppermost part of a grain plant, which contains the seeds
ExamplesGenesis 41:5 But he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.
Genesis 41:6 Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.
Genesis 41:7 And the thin ears swallowed the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
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branch
Meaning unsure; probably: part of a tree which grows out of the trunk or a bough
ExamplesZechariah 4:12 And I responded the second time and said to him, “What are the two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?”
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- זַיִתolive tree 1
- מַיִםwater 1
- נָהָרriver 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
11 occurrences in 9 groups
- שֶׁבַעseven 8
- טוֹבgood 4
- דַּקthin 3
- Other words · 6 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- שָׁדַףto scorch 2
- דַּקthin 1
- צָנַםdried up 1
What it doesIt is the subject
9 occurrences in 5 groups
- בָּלַעto swallow 2
- עָלָהto go up 2
- צָמַחto sprout 2
- שָׁטַףto flow 2
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- בָּלַעto swallow 2
- לָקַטto gather 1
- אָמַרto say 1
- קָצַרto be short 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָהwhat?, why? 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 2
- מִןfrom 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- פֶּלֶג peleg · H6388 · channel, watercourse, stream
- פֶּלֶג (peleg, H6388) is a straightforward term for a river or stream. שִׁבֹּל (shibbôl, H7641) has several senses, including branch, channel, ear of corn and flood; only its senses of channel and water-flood overlap with פֶּלֶג (peleg, H6388) in the sense of flowing water.
In the other Testament 1 word
- στάχυς stáchys · G4719 · ear of wheat, head of wheat
- Greek στάχυς specifically denotes the head/ear of grain standing out from the stalk, serving as the direct translation equivalent for Hebrew שִׁבֹּל in its agricultural sense of 'ear of corn/grain' (the most common usage of שִׁבֹּל (shibbôl, H7641) in biblical texts).
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Flow002002001008
- This word's gloss extends to "channel" and "(water-)flood," a flowing-water sense the sampled citations (all describing Pharaoh's dream of grain, per below) do not themselves directly illustrate.
- Plants001002007001
- Genesis 41:5-7 and 41:22-23 repeatedly describe "seven ears of grain" in Pharaoh's dream, directly attesting the grain-stalk sense this word denotes.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7641. shibbol or shibboleth I. שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת noun feminine flowing stream; — ׳שׁ absolute…
or shibboleth I. שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת noun feminine flowing stream; — ׳שׁ absolute Psa 69:3, as test of dialect Jdg 12:6 (compare סִבֹּלֶת and GFM); construct ׳שׁ מַיִם Psa 69:16, ׳שׁ הַנָּהָר Isa 27:12.
II. שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת noun feminine ear of grain; — ׳שׁ absolute Job 24:21 +; plural שִׁבֳּלִים Gen 41:5 +, construct שִׁבֳּלֵי Zec 4:12; — ear, Gen 41:5-6, 7: Gen 41:7; Gen 41:22; Gen 41:23; Gen 41:24 (twice in verse); Gen 41:26-27, Isa 17:5 (twice in verse); Rth 2:2; Job 24:24; transf. spike (Pusey), end of olive bough Zec 4:12.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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