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Lexicon :: Strong's G4464 - rabdos

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ῥάβδος
Transliteration
rabdos (Key)
Pronunciation
hrab'-dos
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of ῥαπίζω (G4474)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:966,982

Strong’s Definitions

ῥάβδος rhábdos, hrab'-dos; from the base of G4474; a stick or wand (as a cudgel, a cane or a baton of royalty):—rod, sceptre, staff.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G4464 in the following manner: rod (6x), staff (4x), sceptre (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G4464 in the following manner: rod (6x), staff (4x), sceptre (2x).

  1. a staff, a walking stick, a twig, rod, branch

  2. a rod with which one is beaten

  3. a staff

    1. as used on a journey, or to lean upon, or by shepherds

    2. when applied to kings

      1. with a rod of iron, indicates the severest, most rigorous rule

      2. a royal sceptre

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ῥάβδος rhábdos, hrab'-dos; from the base of G4474; a stick or wand (as a cudgel, a cane or a baton of royalty):—rod, sceptre, staff.
STRONGS G4464:
ῤάβδος, ῤάβδου, ἡ (probably akin to ῤαπίς, Latinverber; cf. Curtius, § 513), in various senses from Homer down; the Sept. for מַטֶּה, שֵׁבֶט, מַקֵּל, מִשְׁעֶנֶת, etc., a staff; walking-stick: equivalent to a twig, rod, branch, Hebrews 9:4 (Numbers 17:2ff, Hebrew text Numbers 17:16ff); Revelation 11:1; a rod, with which one is beaten, 1 Corinthians 4:21 (Plato, legg. 3, p. 700 c.; Plutarch, others; πατάσσειν τινα ἐν ῤάβδῳ, Exodus 21:20; Isaiah 10:24); a staff: as used on a journey, Matthew 10:10; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; or to lean upon, Hebrews 11:21 (after the Sept. of Genesis 47:31, where the translators read מַטֶּה, for מִטָּה, a bed; (cf. προσκυνέω, a.)); or by shepherds, Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15, in which passages as ἐν ῤάβδῳ ποιμαίνειν is figuratively applied to a king, so ῤάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ, with a rod of iron, indicates the severest, most rigorous, rule; hence, ῤάβδος is equivalent to a royal scepter (like שֵׁבֶט, Psalm 2:9; Psalm 45:8; for שַׁרְבִיט, Esther 4:11; Esther 5:2): Hebrews 1:8 (from Psalm 45:8).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
47:31
Exodus
21:20
Numbers
17:2
Esther
4:11; 5:2
Psalms
2:9; 45:8; 45:8
Isaiah
10:24
Matthew
10:10
Mark
6:8
Luke
9:3
1 Corinthians
4:21
Hebrews
1:8; 9:4; 11:21
Revelation
2:27; 11:1; 12:5; 19:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4464 matches the Greek ῥάβδος (rabdos),
which occurs 112 times in 93 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 30:37–Est 5:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37 - Then Jacob took some fresh branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled off strips of bark, making white streaks on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - Then he placed these peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, for that was where they mated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - And when they mated in front of the white-streaked branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - Whenever the stronger females were ready to mate, Jacob would place the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of them. Then they would mate in front of the branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - I am not worthy of all the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown to me, your servant. When I left home and crossed the Jordan River, I owned nothing except a walking stick. Now my household fills two large camps!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:18 - “What kind of guarantee do you want?” he replied.
She answered, “Leave me your identification seal and its cord and the walking stick you are carrying.” So Judah gave them to her. Then he had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - But as they were taking her out to kill her, she sent this message to her father-in-law: “The man who owns these things made me pregnant. Look closely. Whose seal and cord and walking stick are these?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31 - “Swear that you will do it,” Jacob insisted. So Joseph gave his oath, and Jacob bowed humbly at the head of his bed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:2 - Then the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:4 - Then the LORD told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 - And take your shepherd’s staff with you, and use it to perform the miraculous signs I have shown you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:20 - So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to the land of Egypt. In his hand he carried the staff of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:9 - “Pharaoh will demand, ‘Show me a miracle.’ When he does this, say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down in front of Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.[fn]’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:10 - So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the LORD had commanded them. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - They threw down their staffs, which also became serpents! But then Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - So go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes down to the river. Stand on the bank of the Nile and meet him there. Be sure to take along the staff that turned into a snake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:17 - So this is what the LORD says: “I will show you that I am the LORD.” Look! I will strike the water of the Nile with this staff in my hand, and the river will turn to blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - Then the LORD said to Moses: “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and raise your hand over the waters of Egypt—all its rivers, canals, ponds, and all the reservoirs. Turn all the water to blood. Everywhere in Egypt the water will turn to blood, even the water stored in wooden bowls and stone pots.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:20 - So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD commanded them. As Pharaoh and all of his officials watched, Aaron raised his staff and struck the water of the Nile. Suddenly, the whole river turned to blood!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - [fn]Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Raise the staff in your hand over all the rivers, canals, and ponds of Egypt, and bring up frogs over all the land.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:16 - So the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Raise your staff and strike the ground. The dust will turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them. When Aaron raised his hand and struck the ground with his staff, gnats infested the entire land, covering the Egyptians and their animals. All the dust in the land of Egypt turned into gnats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - So Moses raised his staff over Egypt, and the LORD caused an east wind to blow over the land all that day and through the night. When morning arrived, the east wind had brought the locusts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16 - Pick up your staff and raise your hand over the sea. Divide the water so the Israelites can walk through the middle of the sea on dry ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - The LORD said to Moses, “Walk out in front of the people. Take your staff, the one you used when you struck the water of the Nile, and call some of the elders of Israel to join you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - Moses commanded Joshua, “Choose some men to go out and fight the army of Amalek for us. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - If he is later able to walk outside again, even with a crutch, the assailant will not be punished but must compensate his victim for lost wages and provide for his full recovery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - “If a man beats his male or female slave with a club and the slave dies as a result, the owner must be punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:32 - Count off every tenth animal from your herds and flocks and set them apart for the LORD as holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:2 - “Tell the people of Israel to bring you twelve wooden staffs, one from each leader of Israel’s ancestral tribes, and inscribe each leader’s name on his staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - Inscribe Aaron’s name on the staff of the tribe of Levi, for there must be one staff for the leader of each ancestral tribe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:5 - Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the people’s murmuring and complaining against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6 - So Moses gave the instructions to the people of Israel, and each of the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron, brought Moses a staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:7 - Moses placed the staffs in the LORD’s presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron’s staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:9 - When Moses brought all the staffs out from the LORD’s presence, he showed them to the people. Each man claimed his own staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:10 - And the LORD said to Moses: “Place Aaron’s staff permanently before the Ark of the Covenant[fn] to serve as a warning to rebels. This should put an end to their complaints against me and prevent any further deaths.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:8 - “You and Aaron must take the staff and assemble the entire community. As the people watch, speak to the rock over there, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:9 - So Moses did as he was told. He took the staff from the place where it was kept before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11 - Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff, and water gushed out. So the entire community and their livestock drank their fill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - Balaam’s donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. The donkey bolted off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - This time when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down under Balaam. In a fit of rage Balaam beat the animal again with his staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel of the LORD touched the meat and bread with the tip of the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the angel of the LORD disappeared.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he sins, I will correct and discipline him with the rod, like any father would do.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - Once, armed only with a club, he killed a great Egyptian warrior who was armed with a spear. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - On Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, it will be like a reed that splinters beneath your weight and pierces your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is completely unreliable!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - Once, armed only with a club, he killed an Egyptian warrior who was 7½ feet[fn] tall and whose spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - “All the king’s officials and even the people in the provinces know that anyone who appears before the king in his inner court without being invited is doomed to die unless the king holds out his gold scepter. And the king has not called for me to come to him for thirty days.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:2 - When he saw Queen Esther standing there in the inner court, he welcomed her and held out the gold scepter to her. So Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter.

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