Strong's Number 4464
Transliteration:
rhabdos
{hrab'-dos}
Word Origin:
TDNT:
6:966,982
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
rod 6, staff 4, sceptre 2
Total: 12
Definition:
- a staff, a walking stick, a twig, rod, branch
- a rod with which one is beaten
- a staff
- as used on a journey, or to lean upon, or by shepherds
- when applied to kings
- with a rod of iron, indicates the severest, most rigorous rule
- a royal sceptre