Strong's Hebrew · H7641

שִׁבֹּל

shibbôl · shib-bole

Definitiona stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
Derivationor (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת; from the same as H7640 (שֹׁבֶל);
KJV usagebranch, channel, ear (of corn), (water-)flood, Shibboleth. Compare H5451 (סִבֹּלֶת).
Occurrences19 in the KJV · 16 verses

שִׁבֹּל in Scripture

Genesis 41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. Genesis 41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. Genesis 41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. Genesis 41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: Genesis 41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: Genesis 41:24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. Genesis 41:26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. Genesis 41:27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. Judges 12:6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. Ruth 2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. Job 24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other , and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. Psalms 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
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