Word Study · Strong's H7641 · Hebrew
שִׁבֹּל
shibbol
shib-bole
Strong's 1890 spelling: shibbôl
“a stream (as flowing)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
Rendered in the KJV as
branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451 (סִבֹּלֶת).
- 19occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 19 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- שִׁבֳּלִ֗ים2
- שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים2
- שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת2
- בַשִׁבֳּלִ֔ים1
- הַֽשִׁבֳּלִ֖ים1
- הַֽשִׁבֳּלִים֙1
- הַשִּׁבֳּלִ֣ים1
- הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִ֔ים1
- הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִים֙1
- הָשִׁבֳּלִ֣ים1
- וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת1
- מִשִּׁבֹּ֥לֶת1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- ears of grain6
- the ears of grain6
- [the] clusters of1
- a flood of1
- among the ears of grain1
- and a flood1
- from [the] flowing stream of1
- grain1
- Shibboleth1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- noun · masculine plural6
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural6
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 6
- HTd/Ncmpa · 6
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcfsc · 1
- HNcmpc · 1
- HNtfsa · 1
- HR/Ncfsc · 1
- HRd/Ncmpa · 1
All 19, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis10 occurrences
- Genesis 41:5שִׁבֳּלִ֗יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluralbut he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.here: ears of grain
- Genesis 41:6שִׁבֳּלִ֔יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluralAfter them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.here: ears of grain
- Genesis 41:7הַשִּׁבֳּלִ֣יםhashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.here: the ears of grain
- Genesis 41:7הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִ֔יםhashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.here: the ears of grain
- Genesis 41:22שִׁבֳּלִ֗יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluralIn my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.here: ears of grain
- Genesis 41:23שִׁבֳּלִ֔יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluralAfter them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.here: ears of grain
- Genesis 41:24הָשִׁבֳּלִ֣יםhashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”here: the ears of grain
- Genesis 41:24הַֽשִׁבֳּלִ֖יםhashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”here: the ears of grain
- Genesis 41:26הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִים֙hashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.here: the ears of grain
- Genesis 41:27הַֽשִׁבֳּלִים֙hashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralMoreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.here: the ears of grain
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 69:2וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶתveshiboletconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularI have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.here: and a flood
- Psalms 69:15שִׁבֹּ֣לֶתshiboletnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.here: a flood of
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 17:5שִׁבֳּלִ֣יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluralas the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.here: ears of grain
- Isaiah 17:5שִׁבֳּלִ֖יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluralas the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.here: ears of grain
- Isaiah 27:12מִשִּׁבֹּ֥לֶתmishiboletpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.here: from [the] flowing stream of
