Genesis 30:37
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
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Rods
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2 Corinthians 11:25
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
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מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh · mat-teh'
8 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 7:12Strong's last: Ezekiel 19:12
Open full H4294 profile →מַקֵּל
maqqêl · mak-kale
6 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: Genesis 30:37Strong's last: Genesis 30:41
Open full H4731 profile →ῥαβδίζω
rhabdízō · hrab-did'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to strike with a stick, i.e. bastinado
Strong's KJV usage: :--beat (with rods).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 11:25Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:25
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H4294
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
H4294
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
H4294
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
H4294
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
H4294
And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
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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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