Exodus 4:2
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
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Rod
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Revelation 19:15
And 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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Leviticus
11 verses
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22 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
Job
22 verses
Psalms
66 verses
Proverbs
99 verses
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1010 verses
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44 verses
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11 verses
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76 verses
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33 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
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11 verses
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44 verses
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מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh · mat-teh'
42 times translated as this KJV form248 total Strong's occurrences
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
Strong's KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Strong's first: Exodus 4:2Strong's last: Micah 6:9
Open full H4294 profile →שֵׁבֶט
shêbeṭ · shay'-bet
34 times translated as this KJV form189 total Strong's occurrences
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
Strong's KJV usage: × correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Strong's first: Exodus 21:20Strong's last: Micah 7:14
Open full H7626 profile →ῥάβδος
rhábdos · hrab'-dos
6 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
a stick or wand (as a cudgel, a cane or a baton of royalty)
Strong's KJV usage: :--rod, sceptre, staff.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 4:21Strong's last: Revelation 19:15
Open full G4464 profile →חֹטֵר
chôṭêr · kho'-ter
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a twig
Strong's KJV usage: rod.
Strong's first: Proverbs 14:3Strong's last: Isaiah 11:1
Open full H2415 profile →מַקֵּל
maqqêl · mak-kale
2 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)
Strong's KJV usage: rod, (hand-)staff.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 1:11Strong's last: Jeremiah 48:17
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G4464
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
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rod
ROD, noun [Latin radius, ray, radix, root.]
1. The shoot or long twig of any woody plant; a branch, or the stem of a shrub; as a rod of hazle, of birch, of oak or hickory. Hence,
2. An instrument of punishment or correction; chastisement.
I will chasten him with the rod of men. 2 Samuel 7:14. Proverbs 10:13.
3. Discipline; ecclesiastical censures. 1 Corinthians 4:21.
4. A king of scepter.
The rod and bird of peace.
5. A pole for angling; something long and slender.
6. An instrument for measuring; but more generally, a measure of length containing five yards, or sixteen feet and a half; a pole; a perch. In many parts of the United States, rod is universally used for pole or perch.
7. In Scripture, a staff or wand. 1 Samuel 14:27.
8. Support.
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Psalms 23:4.
9. A shepherd's crook. Leviticus 27:32.
10. An instrument for threshing. Isaiah 28:27.
11. Power; authority. Psalms 125:3.
12. A tribe or race. Psa 74.
ROD of iron, the mighty power of Christ. Revelation 19:15. Psa 2.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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