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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G4464
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
G3586
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
G3586
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
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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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