ῥάβδος

ῥάβδος, -ου, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for מַטֶּה (e.g. 1 Mos 47,31, MT, מַטֶּה, bed), also for מַקֵּל, שֵׁבֶט, etc. ;]

a staff, rod: Hebr 9,4, Åb 11,1; in particular,

(a) a staff, such as is used on a journey: Matt 10,10, Mark 6,8, Luk 9,3, Hebr 11,21" (LXX) ;

(b) a ruler's staff, a sceptre: Hebr 1,8 (LXX) Åb 2,27; 12,5; 19,15;

(with) a rod for chastisement (cf. ῥαβδίζω): ἐν ῥ. (see: ἐν): 1 Kor 4,21,†