Exodus 4:2
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A 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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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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H7626
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
H7626
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
H7626
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
H7626
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
H4294
And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
H2415
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
H7626
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
H7626
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
H7626
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
H7626
For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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