BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7626
she.vet — tribe: staff
: staff 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
162 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4464
rhabdos — rod
ῥάβδος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for מַטֶּה (e.g. Gen.47:31, MT, מַטֶּה, bed), also for מַקֵּל, שֵׁבֶט, etc. ;] a staff, rod: Heb.9:4, Rev.11:1; in particular, (a) a staff, such as is used on a journey: Mat.10:10, Mrk.6:8, Luk.9:3, Heb.11:21" (LXX) ; (b) a ruler's staff, a sceptre: Heb.1:8 (LXX) Rev.2:27 12:5 19:15; (with) a rod for chastisement (cf. ῥαβδίζω): ἐν ῥ. (see: ἐν): 1Co.4:21.† (AS)
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8275
shar.vit — scepter
1) sceptre 2) (TWOT) dart, spear
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9104
skēptron — a chiefdom
1. a staff or stick to lean upon, a walking-stick , (Homer): metaphorically of the daughters of Oedipus, σκῆπτρα φωτός his staffs or supports , (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. a staff , as the badge of command, a sceptre : in (Homer) borne by chiefs, and transmitted from father to son, whence the passage in (Iliad by Homer) 2 is called ἡ τοῦ σκήπτρου παράδοσις, (Thucydides):—;also borne by judges, by heralds, by speakers, who on rising to speak received it from the herald, (Homer) 3. the sceptre , i. e. royalty, kingly power, rule , [8th/7th c.BC, variant datesTragica Adespota (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(Heb. shebet = Gr. skeptron), properly a staff or rod. As a symbol of authority, the use of the sceptre originated in the idea that the ruler was as a shepherd of his people (Gen. 49:10; Num. 24:17; Ps. 45:6; Isa. 14:5). There is no example on record of a sceptre having ever been actually handled by a Jewish king.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
