- Original: ῥάβδος
- Transliteration: Rhabdos
- Phonetic: hrab'-dos
- Definition:
1. a staff, a walking stick, a twig, rod, branch
2. a rod with which one is beaten
3. a staff
a. as used on a journey, or to lean upon, or by shepherds
b. when applied to kings
1. with a rod of iron, indicates the severest, most rigorous rule
2. a royal sceptre
- Origin: from the base of
G4474
- TDNT entry: 22:07,0
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine
- Strong's: From the base of
G4474 ; a stick or wand (as a cudgel a cane or a baton of royalty): - rod sceptre staff.
Total KJV Occurrences: 9
• rod, 5
1 Corinthians 4:21;
Hebrews 9:4;
Revelation 11:1;
Revelation 12:5;
Revelation 19:15
• scepter, 2
Hebrews 1:8(2)
• staff, 2
Mar 6:8;
Hebrews 11:21