Hebrew noun (feminine) · H7641
שִׁבֹּל
shibbolshib-bole
stream; ear; Euphrates; Shibboleth
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shibbôl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7641is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7641
a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
The King James renders it: branch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451 (סִבֹּלֶת).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shibbol is rendered "stream; ear; Euphrates; Shibboleth". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "stream".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 41:5but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
Genesis 41:5שִׁבֳּלִ֗ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: stream, and ear, and Euphrates, and Shibboleth.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| streamStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 41:5but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe… |
| earStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| EuphratesStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| ShibbolethStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- ears of grain6
- the ears of grain6
- a flood of1
- among the ears of grain1
- and a flood1
- clusters of1
- from flowing stream of1
- grain1
- Shibboleth1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שִׁבְעִים | shibim | seventy | Uses91 |
| שִׁבְיָה | shibyah | captive | Uses9 |
| שִׁבְעָה | shibah | seven | Uses6 |
| שִׁבְעָתַיִם | shibathayim | sevenfold | Uses6 |
| שִׁבְרוֹן | shibron | breaking | Uses2 |
| שִׁבְעָנָה | shibanah | seven | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שִׁבֳּלִ֗ים2
- שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים2
- שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת2
- בַשִׁבֳּלִ֔ים1
- הַֽשִׁבֳּלִ֖ים1
- הַֽשִׁבֳּלִים֙1
- הַשִּׁבֳּלִ֣ים1
- הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִ֔ים1
- הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִים֙1
- הָשִׁבֳּלִ֣ים1
- וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת1
- מִשִּׁבֹּ֥לֶת1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural6HNcmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural6HTd/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
- noun · feminine singular1HNtfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HRd/Ncmpa
Genesis
ten uses
but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
- שִׁבֳּלִ֗יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: ears of grain
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
- שִׁבֳּלִ֔יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: ears of grain
And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
- הַשִּׁבֳּלִ֣יםhashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the ears of grain
- הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִ֔יםhashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the ears of grain
In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
- שִׁבֳּלִ֗יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: ears of grain
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
- שִׁבֳּלִ֔יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: ears of grain
And 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.”
- הָשִׁבֳּלִ֣יםhashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the ears of grain
- הַֽשִׁבֳּלִ֖יםhashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the ears of grain
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.
- הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִים֙hashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the ears of grain
Moreover, 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.
- הַֽשִׁבֳּלִים֙hashibolimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the ears of grain
Judges
one use
they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
- שִׁבֹּ֜לֶתshiboletnoun · feminine singulartagged: Shibboleth
Ruth
one use
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
- בַשִׁבֳּלִ֔יםvashibolimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: among the ears of grain
Job
one use
They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
- שִׁבֹּ֣לֶתshiboletnoun · feminine singulartagged: grain
Psalms
two uses
I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
- וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶתveshiboletconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a flood
Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
- שִׁבֹּ֣לֶתshiboletnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a flood of
Isaiah
three uses
as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
- שִׁבֳּלִ֣יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: ears of grain
- שִׁבֳּלִ֖יםshibolimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: ears of grain
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.
- מִשִּׁבֹּ֥לֶתmishiboletpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from flowing stream of
Zechariah
one use
And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”
- שִׁבֲּלֵ֣יshibaleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: clusters of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.