What does שֵׁבֶט · לֵוִיִּי mean in the Bible?
שֵׁבֶט · לֵוִיִּי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "tribe, clan-staff; Levi, the Levitical tribe".
Hebrew · H7626, H3881
שֵׁבֶט לֵוִי
A scion , i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan · a Levite or descendant of Levi
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שֵׁבֶט H7626 a scion , i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
לֵוִיִּי H3881 a Levite or descendant of Levi
Pronunciation lēwiyiy
Member of Israel's priestly tribe, set apart for temple service and religious instruction within covenant community
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What does שֵׁבֶט לֵוִי (shevet Levi) mean in the Bible?
שֵׁבֶט · לֵוִיִּי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "tribe, clan-staff; Levi, the Levitical tribe".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7626, H3881?
H7626, H3881 is connected to 476 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. tribe, clan-staff; Levi, the Levitical tribe
Strong's H7626, H3881
Lexical occurrences 476 verses Source Gloss
tribe, clan-staff; Levi, the Levitical tribe
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain