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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)
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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 12 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10 - no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:8 - These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:3 - He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:21 - What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:8 - But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:4 - which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:21 - By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:27 - that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’[fn]—just as I have received authority from my Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1 - I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:5 - She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”[fn] And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:15 - Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[fn] He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
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