Topic
Rod
18 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 30:37ISBE
¶ 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.
- Exodus 4:2ISBE
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
- Exodus 7:9ISBE
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
- Exodus 21:20ISBE
¶ And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
- 2 Samuel 7:14ISBE
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
- Psalms 23:4ISBE
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
- Proverbs 10:13ISBE
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
- Proverbs 13:24ISBE
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- Isaiah 10:5ISBE
¶ O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- Jeremiah 1:11ISBE
¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
- Ezekiel 21:10ISBE
It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
- Ezekiel 21:13ISBE
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
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- 1 Corinthians 4:21 ISBE
- Hebrews 9:4 ISBE
- Revelation 2:27 ISBE
- Revelation 11:1 ISBE
- Revelation 12:5 ISBE
- Revelation 19:15 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 18 references
(maqqel, maTTeh, shebheT; rhabdos): Little distinction can be drawn between the Hebrew words used for "rod" and "staff." Maqqel is the word used in Ge 30:37 ff for the twigs of poplar put by Jacob before his sheep, and in Jer 1:11 of the "rod of an almond-tree." MaTTeh is used of a rod in the hand, as the "rods" of Moses and of Aaron (Ex 4:2 ff; 7:9 , etc.). ShebheT is used, but sometimes also maTTeh, of the rod used for correction (Ex 21:20; 2Sa 7:14; Pr 10:13; 13:24; Isa 10:5, etc.). In Ps 23:4 ("Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me"), however, shebheT is the shepherd's rod, figurative of divine guidance and care. In Eze 21:10,13, the word stands for the royal scepter. In the New Testament "rod" is used of a rod of correction (1Co 4:21), Aaron's rod (Heb 9:4), a ruler's rod "of iron" (severity, as in Re 2:27; 12:5; 19:15), a measuring rod (Re 11:1).
See also ARMOR, ARMS.
James Orr
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.