Exodus 25:13
And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
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Staves
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Luke 22:52
Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
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27 occurrences in 25 verses.
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בַּד
bad · bad
37 times translated as this KJV form56 total Strong's occurrences
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
Strong's KJV usage: alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 25:13Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 5:9
Open full H905 profile →ξύλον
xýlon · xoo'-lon
5 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance
Strong's KJV usage: :--staff, stocks, tree, wood.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 26:47Strong's last: Luke 22:52
Open full G3586 profile →ῥάβδος
rhábdos · hrab'-dos
2 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: Matthew 10:10Strong's last: Luke 9:3
Open full G4464 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: 1 Samuel 17:43Strong's last: Zechariah 11:7
Open full H4731 profile →מוֹטָה
môwṭâh · mo-taw'
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: bands, heavy, staves, yoke.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 15:15Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 15:15
Open full H4133 profile →מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh · mat-teh'
1 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: Habakkuk 3:14Strong's last: Habakkuk 3:14
Open full H4294 profile →מִשְׁעֵנָה
mishʻênâh · mish-ay-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick
Strong's KJV usage: staff.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 21:18Strong's last: Numbers 21:18
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H905
And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
H905
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
H905
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
H905
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
H905
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
H905
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
H905
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
H905
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
H905
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
H905
And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
H905
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
H905
The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
H905
The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
H905
And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
H905
The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
H905
And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
H905
And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
H905
Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
H905
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
H905
And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.
H905
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
H905
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
H905
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
H905
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
H905
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
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staves
STAVES, plural of staff, when applied to a stick, is pronounced with a as in ask, the Italian sound.
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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