Definition

a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch

Etymology

or (feminine) שִׁבֹּלֶת; from the same as H7640 (שֹׁבֶל);

Word family

• שֹׁבֶל shôbel

How the KJV renders it

• branch
• channel
• ear (of corn)
• (water-)flood
• Shibboleth. Compare H5451 (סִבֹּלֶת)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.