מַטֶּה

staff

also: branch, tribe fuller range ↓

H4294 Strong's Hebrew

maṭṭeh Transliteration

/mat-teh'/ Pronunciation

Usage in the Hebrew Bible 252 appearances

Definition — BDB

staff, branch, tribe - staff, rod, shaft - branch (of vine) - tribe - company led by chief with staff (originally)

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Strong's H4294 — מטה (maṭṭeh), "staff". Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB, 1906). Lemma, https://lemma.gebible.app/w/H4294.

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Grammar key — what these labels mean

Noun: A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.

Common: A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.

Construct: A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Absolute: The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.

Masculine: Grammatically masculine.

Singular: One.
Plural: More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).

76 verses where H4294 appears in the Construct state in the Book of Numbers. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.

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At its core, מטה (maṭṭeh) means “staff.” Where the King James Version says “tribe,” newer translations reach for “tribe of” (unfoldingWord Literal Text); the renderings breakdown has the detail. It appears 205 verses across 15 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. The word gravitates to Numbers (43%), then Joshua and Exodus. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “branch” and “tribe”. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890

rod

Modern gloss

staff

About this word

Strong's H4294 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

205: distinct verses; The word appears in 205 distinct verses.
15 / 39: OT books; The word appears in 15 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 38:18: first appearance; The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 38:18.
Habakkuk 3:14: last appearance; The latest occurrence is in Habakkuk 3:14.
#189: by frequency; Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 189 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

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Most concentrated in

Numbers 89 verses 43%
Joshua 45 verses 22%
Exodus 25 verses 12%

By section of the Old Testament

Pentateuch 118 · 58%
Historical 65 · 32%
Wisdom 2 · 1%
Prophets 20 · 10%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 205 distinct verses.

Torah (Pentateuch) 118 verses · 58%
Prophets (Nevi'im) 69 verses · 34%
Writings (Ketuvim) 18 verses · 9%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

King James Version: Tribe 144×, Rod 38×, Tribes 17×
American Standard Version: Tribe 118×, Rod 31×, Tribes 14×
Berean Standard Bible: Tribe 119×, Staff 39×, Tribes 22×
unfoldingWord Literal Text: Tribe of 103×, Tribe 56×, Staff 38×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H4294 across 248 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Tribe” 144×
“Rod” 38×
“Tribes” 17×
“Staff” 13×
“Rods” 7×
“Every tribe” 4×
“Shall be the tribe” 3×
“Throughout all the tribes” 2×

Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H4294 across 245 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Tribe” 118×
“Rod” 31×
“Tribes” 14×
“Them” 12×
“Rods” 10×
“Staff” 10×
“Half-tribe” 8×
“' houses of the tribes” 4×
“Next unto him shall be the tribe” 4×
“- tribe” 3×
“Every tribe” 3×

Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H4294 across 219 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Tribe” 119×
“Staff” 39×
“Tribes” 22×
“Rod” 4×
“Staffs” 4×
“Supply” 4×
“Each tribe” 3×
“Half-tribe” 3×
“Branches” 2×
“Scepter” 2×
“Tribal” 2×

Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 33 further occurrences.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H4294 across 264 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Tribe of” 103×
“Tribe” 56×
“Staff” 38×
“Staff of” 11×
“Tribes” 10×
“Staffs” 8×
“Tribes of” 8×
“The” 4×
“Will be the tribe” 4×
“And” 3×
“Rod” 3×
“Branches” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Senses in the full BDB

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol	Meaning
𝔊	the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙	the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖	the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗	the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ	the Psalms
√	root (the underlying root or stem)
‖	parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
†	the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

1. (cf. מַקֵּל, שֵׁבֶט) staff of traveller Gn 38:18, 25 (J); in gen. Is 10:15 (sim.; ‖ שֵׁבֶט); from staff as support comes fig. מַטֵּה־לֶחֶם staff of bread (food supply) Ez 4:16; 5:16; 14:13; Lv 26:26 ψ 105:16; of staff or rod, Moses as shepherd Ex 4:2, 4; 7:15 (J), 4:17; 7:17, 20; 9:23; 10:13; 17:5 (all E); cf. also Is 10:26; Ex 14:16; Nu 20:8, 9, 11 (all P); called מ׳ הָאֱלֹהִים Ex 4:20; 17:9 (both E), because of miraculous power connected with it; cf. mirac. rod of Aaron 7:9, 10, 12, 19; 8:1, 12, 13 (all P), and of Egyptian magicians 7:12(×2) (P); cf. Aaron’s rod that budded Nu 17:18, 21, 23, 25 (cf. RSSem. i. 180; 2d ed. 197); carried even by warrior 1 S 14:27, 43; מַטֵּה שִׁכְמוֹ Is 9:3 i.e. rod that strikes his shoulder, task-master’s rod (‖ שֵׁבֶט הַנֹּגֵשׂ בּוֹ), cf. 10:5 and v 24 14:5 (‖ שֵׁבֶט), all fig. of oppression; מַטֵּה מוּסָדָה 30:32 appointed rod (of punishment); cf. מ׳ Ez 7:10, 11 (but text obscure, Co—q.v.—sceptre), also Mi 6:9 according to MT, but v. sub 3; used in beating out (חבט) fennel Is 28:27; staff as badge of leader or ruler מַטֵּה־עֹז Je 48:17 (‖ מַקֵּל), cf. ψ 110:2; so Nu 17:17(×4) + 10 times Nu 17; appar. shafts, i.e. arrows or spears, Hb 3:9, 14 (cf. Now Da GASm). e.g. Genesis 38:18
2. branch of vine Ez 19:11, 12, 14(×2). e.g. Ezekiel 19:11
3. tribe (183 times), orig. company led by chief with staff: specif. of tribes of Isr. in both sg. and pl., 1 K 7:14; 8:1 = 2 Ch 5:2, Ex 31:2 + 5 times Ex; Lv 24:11; Nu 1:4 + 89 times Nu; Jos 7:1 + 56 times Jos (all P); 1 Ch 6:45 + 21 times 1 Ch 6, 12:31; prob. also Mi 6:9 (vocative; so 𝔊 We Now GASm).—Cf. שֵׁבֶט, and on relation of these two words for tribe in Hebr. usage Dr JPh. xi. (1882), 213 f. e.g. 1 Kings 7:14

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.

Word origin

n.m. Ex 4:17 (f. Mi 6:9 according to MT, but dub., v. infr.) 1. staff, rod, shaft. 2. branch. 3. tribe (Ecclus 48:2 staff, 45:6, 25 tribe);—abs. מ׳ Gn 38:25 +; cstr. מַטֵּה Ex 4:20 +; sf. מַטְּךָ Gn 38:18 + 5 times, מַטֶּ֑ךָ Ex 8:1, מַטֵּ֫הוּ Is 10:24 + 10 times; pl. מַטּוֹת 1 K 8:1 +, etc.; sf. מַטּוֹתָם Ex 7:12 Nu 17:21; also מַטָּיו Hb 3:14 (but read מַטֶּיךָ, or—Gr—מַטֹּתֶיךָ);—

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Derived from נטה (nâṭâh) (H5186) — to stretch out.

Part of speech: Noun Masculine TWOT: 1352b

Jastrow Dictionary

A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.

מְטָה

, v. מְטֵי

מִטָּה

couch, bed, frame, bier. Ned. VII, 5, v. דַּרְגֵּשׁ. Ib. 56ᵃ, a. fr. הכופה את מִטָּתוֹ, v. כָּפָה. Ib. 56ᵇ מ׳ המיוחדת לכלים a bed designated for the exhibit of garments (not slept upon); Snh. 20ᵃ. Ber. III, 1 נושאי המ׳ those carrying the bier; a. fr.—מ׳של גילה, מ׳ גלילתא, v. גִּלָּה, גְּלִילְתָּא.—Sabb. 47ᵃ, v. טרְסִי I.—Pl. מִטּוֹת, מִי׳. Ned. 56ᵃ; a. fr.—Trnsf. family, offspring. Lev. R. s. 36 שהיתה מִטָּתוֹ שלימה his bed was perfect, his children were all righteous; Sifra B’ḥuck., Par. 2, ch. VIII. Ber. 60ᵇ. Pes. 56ᵃ שמא … יש במִיטָּתִי פסול perhaps there is a blemish in my family; a. e.

מַטֶּה

1. staff. Ab. V, 6 המ׳ the staff of Moses. Ex. R. s. 3 המ׳ שתייסרנו בו the staff with which thou shalt chastise him. Ib. ‘the signs which I placed in thy hands’ (Ex. IV, 21) זה המ׳ that means the staff; a. fr. e.g. Exodus 4:21
2. tribe. Tosef. R. Hash. III (II), 3 שלש על כל מ׳ ומ׳ three notes for each tribe; Y. Succ. V, 55ᶜ

מֹטָה

, v. מוֹטָה

מַטָּה

adv. (b. h.; downward, (used as a noun) below. Tanḥ. B’shall. 23 מחמת אש של מעלה … של מ׳ through the fire from above were his wheels below ignited; (Yalk. Ex. 235 שלמעלן … שלמַטָּן, v. infra). Ḥag. II, 1 (11ᵇ) מה למעלה ומה למ׳ what is above (in heaven) and what is below (in the nether world, Rashi: above the Ḥayoth, below the Ḥayoth, v. חַיָּה). Tosef. Ber. V, 5 שלישי לו למ׳ הימנו he who is the third in rank reclines below him (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Triclinium); a. fr.—Euphem. for מעלה in order to avoid a blasphemous expression: B. Kam. 79ᵇ כביכול עשה עין של מ׳ … ואוזן של מ׳ וכ׳ he treated, if one may say so, the divine eye as if did not see, and the divine ear as if did not hear.—Frequ. מַטָּן. Y. Yoma VII, 44ᵇ כשירות של מעלן … של מ׳ as the service in heaven, so is that on earth; Lev. R. s. 21, end (not שורות). Y. R. Hash. II, 58ᵇ ב"ד שלמ׳ the court on earth; a. fr.

מְטֵי

(= h. מָצָא)
1. to stretch, reach; to arrive at; to obtain; to happen to. Targ. Gen. XI, 4 (Y. II מַמְטֵי). Targ. O. ib. X, 19 (h. text באכה). Targ. II Kings XIX, 26. Targ. Koh. VIII, 14; a. fr.—Targ. Esth. V, 2 [read:] ומְטָת לִידָהּ and it (the scepter) reached her hand (v. Meg. 15ᵇ).—Snh. 109ᵃ כי מ׳ להאי וכ׳ when he arrived at a certain inn. Keth. 63ᵃ כי מַטְיָא לגביה when she came near him. Ib. מ׳ מעלי וכ׳ the eve of the Day of Atonement came. R. Hash. 12ᵇ א"ר אסי א"ר יוחנן ומָטוּ בה משמיה וכ׳ said R. A. in the name of R. Joh., and they arrived in the chain of tradition up to ‘in the name of R. J. the Galilean’ (an editorial gloss). Y. Ber. III, 6ᵃ top, a. fr. מַטְתֵיה אונס an accident (mourning) befell him. Y. Peah VIII, end, 21ᵇ ומטתיה כן and so it happened to him (as he had wished). Ib. ולא מ׳ מיכול וכ׳ and he had no chance to dine with him. Y. Snh. VI, 23ᶜ; Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵈ bot. בעי מַמְטֵי מיא ולא מ׳ wanted to fetch water but could not. Ib. 78ᵃ top כל דמָטֵי וכ׳, v. זוֹגָא. [Ib. כל מטי יעבוד וכ׳, read: כל חד מינן וכ׳ let each of us do &c.] Y. Keth. IV, 28ᵇ top מְטִינְתָּה להאי דאמר וכ׳ thou hast found that which R … said; ib. מְטִינְתָּא.—Ḥag. 5ᵃ כי מ׳ להאי קרא when he came to this verse. Snh. 100ᵃ כי מָטוּ מגלת וכ׳ when (in preparing wrappers for the scrolls) they came to the roll of Esther; a. v. fr.—[Ḥull. 132ᵃ top מָטוּנָךְ we or they (the words of the text) have reached thee, agree with thee, Rashi; v. טוּנָא I.]
2. (sub. בישולא or זימנא) to be ripe, ready. Ḥag. l. c. שביק הנך דמָטוּ וֹכ׳ he left those (figs) which were ripe and plucked those which were not. Ḥull. 112ᵃ תיתאה מטא the lower portion was ready (roasted).
- to cause to reach; to fetch, bring, offer. [Targ. Y. II, Gen. XI, 4 מַמְטֵי part. pass., v. supra.] Targ. Y. ib. XXVII, 25. Targ. O. Lev. IX, 12; a. fr.—B. Kam. 117ᵃ דרי ואַמְטֵי בהדן take it up and hand it over (to the King’s treasury) in our presence; דרא וא׳ וכ׳ he did take it up &c. Ib. 119ᵇ, a. e. אַמְטוּיֵי ואתויי חד (not אמטוי) is leading the needle forth and bringing it home one stitch (= h. הוליך והביא)? B. Bath. 21ᵃ לא מַמְטִינָן וכ׳, v. יָנוּקָא I. Keth. 103ᵇ sq. אַמְטְיוּהִי לצ׳ וכ׳ they took him to Sepphoris which lies high. Gen. R. s. 14, beg.; ib. 20 מן דידכון אנא מַמְטֵי לכון from your own language I will offer (proof) to you; a. fr.
- to repair to. Targ. O. Num. XXIII, 15; a. fr.

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Forms in the corpus

The 96 distinct written forms H4294 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
לְ/מַטֵּ֣ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 38:22	29
מַטֵּ֣ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	1 Chronicles 6:70	19
מַטֵּ֥ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 4:20	15
וּ/מִ/מַּטֵּ֣ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	1 Chronicles 6:60	11
לְ/מַטֵּ֥ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 31:2	11
מַטֵּ֖ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Numbers 2:7	9
מִ/מַּטֵּ֣ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	1 Chronicles 6:62	7
מַטֵּה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ezekiel 4:16	7
הַ/מַּטּ֖וֹת	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Joshua 14:1	6
וּ/לְ/מַטֵּ֥ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Numbers 34:22	6
לְ/מַטֵּה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 31:6	6
מַטֵּֽה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 7:12	5
הַ/מַּטֶּ֔ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Ezekiel 7:10	4
וּ/מִ/מַּטֵּ֨ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	1 Chronicles 6:62	4
מַטּ֣וֹת	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	Ezekiel 19:11	4
מַטֵּ֨ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	1 Chronicles 6:61	4
מַטּ֖וֹת	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Habakkuk 3:9	3
וּ/מִ/מַּטֵּ֤ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	1 Chronicles 6:62	3
וּ/מַטֵּ֥ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 17:9	3
לַ/מַּטֶּ֑ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Numbers 1:4	3
הַ/מַּטֶּֽה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Joshua 14:2	2
וּ/מִ/מַּטֵּ֖ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	1 Chronicles 6:65	2
וּ/מִ/מַּטֵּה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Joshua 21:7	2
וּ/מַטֵּ֖ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Numbers 2:22	2
וּֽ/מִ/מַּטֵּה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	1 Chronicles 6:63	2
לְ/מַטֵּ֛ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Joshua 15:1	2
לְ/מַטֵּ֤ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Joshua 7:1	2
מִ/מַּטֵּ֖ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	1 Chronicles 6:66	2
מִ/מַּטֵּ֤ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ezekiel 19:14	2
מִ/מַּטֶּ֖ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Numbers 36:7	2
מַטּ֑וֹת	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Numbers 17:2	2
מַטֵּ/הוּ֮	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 9:23	2
מַטֵּ֤ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Numbers 1:49	2
מַטֵּֽ/הוּ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Numbers 17:2	2
מַטֶּ֖ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Isaiah 10:15	2
מַטֶּ֣ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Numbers 17:2	2
מַטֶּה֩	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Numbers 17:2	2
בְ/מַטֵּ֨/הוּ֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 8:17	1
בְ/מַטָּי/ו֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct	Habakkuk 3:14	1
בַ/מַּטֶּ֛ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Isaiah 28:27	1
בְּ/מַטֵּ֖/הוּ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Numbers 20:11	1
בְּ/מַטֶּ֔/ךָ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 8:5	1
בַּ/מַּטֶּ֣ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 7:17	1
בַּ/מַּטֶּה֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 7:20	1
הַ/מַּטּ֔וֹת	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Numbers 30:1	1
הַ/מַּטּ֜וֹת	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	2 Chronicles 5:2	1
הַ/מַּטֶּ֑ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Numbers 34:15	1
הַ/מַּטֶּ֖ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Numbers 20:9	1
הַ/מַּטֶּ֗ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Numbers 20:8	1
הַ/מַּטֶּ֡ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	1 Chronicles 6:61	1
הַ/מַּטֶּ֥ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 4:17	1
הַ/מַּטֶּ֧ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	1 Samuel 14:43	1
הַ/מַּטֶּה֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	1 Samuel 14:27	1
הַ/מַּטֹּ֔ת	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Numbers 7:2	1
הַ/מַּטֹּ֖ת	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Numbers 17:7	1
הַ/מַּטֹּת֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Numbers 17:9	1
הַ/מַּטּוֹת֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	Joshua 14:3	1
הַ/מַּטּוֹת֩	Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute	1 Kings 8:1	1
וְ/הַ/מַּטֶּ֖ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Genesis 38:25	1
וְ/הַ/מַּטֶּ֛ה	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 7:15	1

The 60 most common forms are shown; 36 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.

Same root — word family

Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4294, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.

Derives from

נטה nâṭâh H5186 to stretch out

Shares the same root

Proper names from this root

People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.

יטה Yuṭṭâh H3194 Juttah

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Septuagint verse parallels

This word appears in 196 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 205 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.

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מַטֶּה

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