Etymology?: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
šēveṭ n, m
1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe
1a) rod, staff
1b) shaft (of spear, dart)
1c) club (of shepherd's implement)
1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)
1e) clan, tribe
Mentioned in Genesis 49:28, 49:16, 49:10 Exodus 28:21, 39:14, 21:20, 24:4 Codex Leviticus 27:32 Numbers 18:2, 36:3, 4:18, 24:2, 32:33, 24:17 Deuteronomy 29:17, 31:28, 1:23, 12:14, 1:15, 29:9, 18:1, 5:23, 12:5, 29:20, 16:18, 18:5, 1:13, 33:5, 3:13, 10:8, 29:7 Joshua 4:5, 4:8, 22:7, 3:12, 4:2, 4:4, 22:9, 18:7, 18:4, 4:12, 11:23, 22:10, 22:11, 22:13, 22:15, 12:7, 21:16, 23:4, 13:14, 13:33, 24:1, 22:21, 1:12, 13:7, 7:14, 18:2, 7:16, 12:6, 13:29 Judges 18:19, 21:6, 21:3, 21:8, 5:14, 18:1, 20:2, 20:10, 21:24, 21:5, 20:12, 21:17, 18:30, 21:15 1 Samuel 2:28, 9:21, 10:19, 15:17, 10:20, 10:21 2 Samuel 7:14, 15:2, 15:10, 18:14, 19:10, 20:14, 7:7, 23:21, 5:1, 24:2 1 Kings 18:31, 11:13, 11:32, 11:36, 14:21, 12:20, 11:31, 12:21, 8:16, 11:35 2 Kings 21:7, 17:18 Isaiah 10:24, 28:27, 49:6, 14:29, 10:15, 10:5, 11:4, 30:31, 9:3, 19:13, 63:17, 14:5 Jeremiah 10:16, 51:19 Ezekiel 21:18, 37:19, 47:13, 47:23, 48:29, 21:15, 47:22, 48:1, 48:23, 48:31, 45:8, 19:14, 19:11, 47:21, 20:37, 48:19 Hosea 5:9 Amos 1:8, 1:5 Micah 4:14, 7:14 Zechariah 9:1, 10:11 Psalms 78:68, 78:55, 78:67, 105:37, 45:7, 23:4, 2:9, 74:2, 125:3, 122:4, 89:33 Proverbs 13:24, 22:15, 23:13, 29:15, 23:14, 10:13, 26:3, 22:8 Job 9:34, 21:9, 37:13 Lamentations 3:1 1 Chronicles 26:32, 29:6, 11:23, 23:14, 28:1, 27:22, 5:26, 27:16, 5:18, 12:38, 27:20, 5:23 2 Chronicles 11:16, 12:13, 6:5, 33:7