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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