Strong G4464ῥάβδος
rod
- Transliteration
- rhabdos
- Pronunciation
- hrab'-dos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From the base of G4474; a stick or wand (as a cudgel a cane or a baton of royalty): - rod sceptre staff.
Detailed definition
ῥάβδος, -ου, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for מַטֶּה (e.g. Gen.47:31, MT, מַטֶּה, bed), also for מַקֵּל, שֵׁבֶט, etc.;]
a staff, rod: Heb.9:4, Rev.11:1; in particular,
__(a) a staff, such as is used on a journey: Mat.10:10, Mrk.6:8, Luk.9:3, Heb.11:21" (LXX);
__(b) a ruler's staff, a sceptre: Heb.1:8 (LXX) Rev.2:27 12:5 19:15;
__(with) a rod for chastisement (cf. ῥαβδίζω): ἐν ῥ. (see: ἐν): 1Co.4:21.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מַטֶּה (e.g. Gen.47:31, MT, מַטֶּה, bed), also for מַקֵּל, שֵׁבֶט, etc.;]
a staff, rod: Heb.9:4, Rev.11:1; in particular,
__(a) a staff, such as is used on a journey: Mat.10:10, Mrk.6:8, Luk.9:3, Heb.11:21" (LXX);
__(b) a ruler's staff, a sceptre: Heb.1:8 (LXX) Rev.2:27 12:5 19:15;
__(with) a rod for chastisement (cf. ῥαβδίζω): ἐν ῥ. (see: ἐν): 1Co.4:21.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4464 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rod6
- staff2
- stave2
- of1
- sceptre1
First verses
- Matthew 10:10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
- Mark 6:8And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
- Luke 9:3And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
- 1 Corinthians 4:21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
- Hebrews 1:8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
- Hebrews 9:4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
- Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
- Revelation 2:27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
- Revelation 11:1And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
- Revelation 12:5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
- Revelation 19:15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥάβδος, ἡ,
rod, wand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), etc.)]; lighter than the βακτηρία or walking-stick, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.4 (but ={βακτηρία}, NT.Matt.10.10, +others). —Special uses:)]
1 magic wand, as that of Circe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.238, 319, etc.)]; that with which Athena touched Odysseus, to restore his youthful appearance, χρυσείῃ ῥάβδῳ ἐπεμάσσατο [Refs (16.172)]; that with which Hermes overpowers the senses of man, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.343)]; that with which Hades rules the ghosts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.33)]; divining-rod, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.67.)]
2 fishing-rod, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.251.)]
3 limed twig, for catching small birds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 527.)]
4 shaft of a hunting-spear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.3, 16.)]
5 staff of office, like the earlier σκῆπτρον, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 367a, LXX.Psa.44(45).7, 109(110).2)]; carried by a βραβευτής, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.25J.:— uncertain in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 248 for ῥαβδοῦχος.)]
6 wand borne by the ῥαψῳδός, τὸν ἐπὶ ῥάβδῳ μῦθον ὑφαινόμενον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 138 (= “fragment” 3.10P.), compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.30.3: hence κατὰ ῥάβδον ἐπέων)] according to the measure of his (Homer's) verses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).38(56).)]
7 rod for chastisement, ῥ. κοσμοῦσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 700c)]; μάστιξ ἢ ῥ. riding-switch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.4)]; ῥ. βοηλάτις ox-goad, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca Appx. 4.200 (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus); ξαίνεσθαι ῥάβδοις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 51, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 11.153 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus))]: of the fasces of the Roman lictors, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.29.6, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.11, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.2.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 10, “Luc.” 36)]; πρὸς πέντε ῥάβδους, = Latin at (i.e. ad) quinque fasces (CIL[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (8.7044 (from Numidia)), “OGI” 543.18 (Ancyra, 2nd c.AD), “IGRom.” 3.175 ([prev. passage], 2nd c.AD))]; compare ῥαβδονόμος, ῥαβδοῦχος.
8 shepherd's staff or crook, [LXX (LXX.Psa.22(23).4, LXX.Mic.7.14.)]
9 ῥ. κληρονομίας measuring-rod,[LXX (LXX.Psa.73(74).2.)]
10 stitch, ἔντοσθεν δὲ βοείας ῥάψε θαμειὰς χρυσείῃς ῥάβδοισι διηνεκέσιν περὶ κύκλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.297)] (unless it means rivets, studs).
II young shoot of some trees,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (Ion Trag. 40, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.1.2.)]
III streak or stripe on the skin of animals, διαποίκιλα ῥάβδοις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 525a12)]; of fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 73)]; of clothes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.53)]; fluting of a column, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 4.448.7 (Didyma, 2nd c.BC, _plural_))]; of minerals, vein, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.12.6, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.37)]; streak or shaft of light, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 377a30, “Mu.” 395a31, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 11.)]
IV in Grammars,
IV.1 line, verse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4.63.)]
IV.2 a critical mark, like{ὀβελός}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
IV.3 stroke forming a letter, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theodectes Tragicus 6.6.)]
rod, wand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), etc.)]; lighter than the βακτηρία or walking-stick, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.4 (but ={βακτηρία}, NT.Matt.10.10, +others). —Special uses:)]
1 magic wand, as that of Circe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.238, 319, etc.)]; that with which Athena touched Odysseus, to restore his youthful appearance, χρυσείῃ ῥάβδῳ ἐπεμάσσατο [Refs (16.172)]; that with which Hermes overpowers the senses of man, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.343)]; that with which Hades rules the ghosts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.33)]; divining-rod, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.67.)]
2 fishing-rod, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.251.)]
3 limed twig, for catching small birds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 527.)]
4 shaft of a hunting-spear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.3, 16.)]
5 staff of office, like the earlier σκῆπτρον, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 367a, LXX.Psa.44(45).7, 109(110).2)]; carried by a βραβευτής, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.25J.:— uncertain in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 248 for ῥαβδοῦχος.)]
6 wand borne by the ῥαψῳδός, τὸν ἐπὶ ῥάβδῳ μῦθον ὑφαινόμενον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 138 (= “fragment” 3.10P.), compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.30.3: hence κατὰ ῥάβδον ἐπέων)] according to the measure of his (Homer's) verses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).38(56).)]
7 rod for chastisement, ῥ. κοσμοῦσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 700c)]; μάστιξ ἢ ῥ. riding-switch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.4)]; ῥ. βοηλάτις ox-goad, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca Appx. 4.200 (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus); ξαίνεσθαι ῥάβδοις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 51, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 11.153 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus))]: of the fasces of the Roman lictors, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.29.6, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.11, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.2.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 10, “Luc.” 36)]; πρὸς πέντε ῥάβδους, = Latin at (i.e. ad) quinque fasces (CIL[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (8.7044 (from Numidia)), “OGI” 543.18 (Ancyra, 2nd c.AD), “IGRom.” 3.175 ([prev. passage], 2nd c.AD))]; compare ῥαβδονόμος, ῥαβδοῦχος.
8 shepherd's staff or crook, [LXX (LXX.Psa.22(23).4, LXX.Mic.7.14.)]
9 ῥ. κληρονομίας measuring-rod,[LXX (LXX.Psa.73(74).2.)]
10 stitch, ἔντοσθεν δὲ βοείας ῥάψε θαμειὰς χρυσείῃς ῥάβδοισι διηνεκέσιν περὶ κύκλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.297)] (unless it means rivets, studs).
II young shoot of some trees,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (Ion Trag. 40, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.1.2.)]
III streak or stripe on the skin of animals, διαποίκιλα ῥάβδοις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 525a12)]; of fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 73)]; of clothes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.53)]; fluting of a column, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 4.448.7 (Didyma, 2nd c.BC, _plural_))]; of minerals, vein, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.12.6, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.37)]; streak or shaft of light, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 377a30, “Mu.” 395a31, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 11.)]
IV in Grammars,
IV.1 line, verse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4.63.)]
IV.2 a critical mark, like{ὀβελός}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
IV.3 stroke forming a letter, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theodectes Tragicus 6.6.)]