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ROD

A long piece of wood used for support and as a weapon. A long staff (Heb. maṭṭeh) was used by travelers for support and shepherds for guiding their flocks (Exod. 4:2; Isa. 10:26). It was also the miraculous rod of Aaron and the Egyptian magicians (Exod. 7:9-12) and was used figuratively for oppression and punishment (Isa. 30:32). Both maṭṭeh and šēḇeṭ figuratively meant “tribe,” presumably from the notion that a group of people were led by a chief with a rod. Heb. šēḇeṭ also carries the stronger connotation of smiting and may have been a shorter, clublike instrument (Ps. 23:4; Mic. 7:14). It also was a scepter, a symbol of authority (Judg. 5:14). In the NT Gk. rhábdos designates both a rod for support (Matt. 10:10) and for chastisement (1 Cor. 4:21).

Christian M. M. Brady






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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