rod

Greek Noun Female

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)

rod

Greek Noun Female

ῥάβδος, ἡ, rod, wand, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; lighter than the βακτηρία or walking-stick, [NT+5th c.BC+] 1) magic wand, as that of Circe, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; that with which Athena touched Odysseus, to restore his youthful appearance, χρυσείῃ ῥάβδῳ ἐπεμάσσατο [Refs]; that with which Hermes overpowers the senses of man, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; that with which Hades rules the ghosts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; divining-rod, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) fishing-rod, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) limed twig, for catching small birds, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) shaft of a hunting-spear, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5) staff of office, like the earlier σκῆπτρον, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; carried by a βραβευτής, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 6) wand borne by the ῥαψῳδός, τὸν ἐπὶ ῥάβδῳ μῦθον ὑφαινόμενον [Refs 3rd c.BC+] according to the measure of his (Homer's) verses, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 7) rod for chastisement, ῥ. κοσμοῦσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάστιξ ἢ ῥ. riding-switch, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥ. βοηλάτις ox-goad, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: of the fasces of the Roman lictors, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πρὸς πέντε ῥάβδους, = Latin at (i.e. ad) quinque fasces (CIL[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare ῥαβδονόμος, ῥαβδοῦχος. 8) shepherd's staff or crook, [LXX] 9) ῥ. κληρονομίας measuring-rod,[LXX] 10) stitch, ἔντοσθεν δὲ βοείας ῥάψε θαμειὰς χρυσείῃς ῥάβδοισι διηνεκέσιν περὶ κύκλον [Refs 8th c.BC+] (unless it means rivets, studs). II) young shoot of some trees,[Refs 4th c.BC+] III) streak or stripe on the skin of animals, διαποίκιλα ῥάβδοις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of clothes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; fluting of a column, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of minerals, vein, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; streak or shaft of light, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) in Grammars, IV.1) line, verse, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.2) a critical mark, like{ὀβελός}, [Refs 5th c.AD+] IV.3) stroke forming a letter, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a stick or wand (as a cudgel, a cane or a baton of royalty); rod, sceptre, staff; from the base of g4474 (ῥαπίζω)