ΡΑΒΔΩ, ραβδω
RHABDŌ, rhabdō
Sounds Like: rahb-DOH
Translations: (to) a rod, (to) a staff, (to) a scepter
From the root: ΡΑΒΔΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a rod, staff, or scepter. It can be used literally as a walking stick or an instrument of punishment, or figuratively as a symbol of authority, rule, or discipline. In the provided examples, it is used to denote an instrument of divine anger, a means of striking, and a shepherd's staff for guiding a flock.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4464 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 20:11
- Judges — 5:14
- 1 Chronicles — 11:23
- Psalms — 2:9, 88:33
- Proverbs — 10:13, 23:13, 23:14
- Isaiah — 10:24, 28:27
- 1 Corinthians — 4:21
- Revelation — 2:27, 11:1, 12:5, 19:15
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 8:284
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 32:10
- Exodus — 7:17, 7:20, 14:16, 21:20
- Numbers — 20:11, 22:23, 22:27
- Judges — 5:14
- 1 Samuel — 17:43
- 2 Samuel — 7:14
- 1 Chronicles — 11:23
- Psalms — 2:9, 88:33
- Psalms of Solomon — 17:26
- Proverbs — 10:13, 23:13, 23:14
- Isaiah — 10:24, 28:27
- Lamentations — 3:1
- Micah — 5:1, 7:14
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΡΑΒΔΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΔΟΥΣ — rods, staffs, scepters, branches
- ΡΑΒΑΔΟΥΣ — of a rod, of a staff, of a scepter, of a stick, rods, staves, scepters, sticks
- ΡΑΒΔΙΑ — rods, staffs, branches, twigs
- ΡΑΒΔΟ — rod, a rod, staff, a staff, scepter, a scepter, stick, a stick
- ΡΑΒΔΟΙ — rods, staves, sticks, scepters
- ΡΑΒΔΟΙΣ — to rods, to staffs, to clubs, to scepters, to branches
- ΡΑΒΔΟΝ — rod, a rod, staff, a staff, scepter, a scepter, club, a club
- ΡΑΒΔΟΣ — rod, a rod, staff, a staff, scepter, a scepter, club, a club, stick, a stick
- ΡΑΒΔΟΥ — of a rod, of a staff, of a scepter
- ΡΑΒΔΟΥΣ — rods, staffs, scepters, clubs
- ΡΑΒΔΩΝ — of rods, of staffs, of scepters
- ΡΑΒΔΩΣΙΣ — striping, a striping, grooving, fluting, striation
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