ῥάβδος, ἡ,
rod, wand, Hom. (v. infr.), etc.; lighter than the βακτηρία or walking-stick, X. Eq. 11.4 (but = βακτηρία, Ev.[Mat 10:10], al.). -
Special uses:
1 magic wand, as that of Circe, Od. 10.238, 319, etc.; that with which Athena touched Odysseus, to restore his youthful appearance, χρυσείῃ ῥάβδῳ ἐπεμάσσατο 16.172; that with which Hermes overpowers the senses of man, Il. 24.343; that with which Hades rules the ghosts, Pi. O. 9.33; divining-rod, Hdt. 4.67 .
2. fishing-rod, Od. 12.251 .
3. limed twig, for catching small birds, Ar. Av. 527 .
4. shaft of a hunting-spear, X. Cyn. 10.3, 16 .
5. staff of office, like the earlier σκῆπτρον, Pl. Ax. 367a, LXX [Psa 44:1-26](45).7, 109(110).2; carried by a βραβευτής, Phld. Vit. p.25J.: - dub. in A. Supp. 248 for ῥαβδοῦχος .
6. wand borne by the ῥαψῳδός, τὸν ἐπὶ ῥάβδῳ μῦθον ὑφαινόμενον Call. Fr. 138 ( = Fr. 3.10P. ), cf. Paus. 9.30.3: hence κατὰ ῥάβδον ἐπέων according to the measure of his (Homer’s) verses, Pi. I. 4(3).38(56) .
7. rod for chastisement, ῥ. κοσμοῦσα Pl. Lg. 700c; μάστιξ ἢ ῥ . riding-switch, X. Eq. 8.4; ῥ. βοηλάτις ox- goad, APl. 4.200 ( Mosch. ); ξαίνεσθαι ῥάβδοις Plu. Alex. 51, cf. AP 11.153 ( Lucill. ): of the fasces of the Roman lictors, Plb. 11.29.6, D.H. 4.11, Str. 5.2.2, Plu. Publ. 10, Luc. 36; πρὸς πέντε ῥάβδους, = Lat. at (i.e. ad) quinque fasces (CIL 8.7044 ( Numidia )), OGI 543.18 (Ancyra, ii A.D. ), IGRom. 3.175 (ibid., ii A.D. ); cf. ῥαβδονόμος, ῥαβδοῦχος .
8. shepherd’s staff or crook, LXX [Psa 22:1-31](23).4, Mi. 7.14 .
9. ῥ. κληρονομίας measuring-rod, ib. [Psa 73:1-28](74).2 .
10. stitch, ἔντοσθεν δὲ βοείας ῥάψε θαμειὰς χρυσείῃς ῥάβδοισι διηνεκέσιν περὶ κύκλον Il. 12.297 (unless it means rivets, studs ).
II young shoot of some trees, Ion Trag. 40, Thphr. HP 2.1.2 .
III streak or stripe on the skin of animals, διαποίκιλα ῥάβδοις Arist. HA 525a12; of fish, Clearch. 73; of clothes, Poll. 7.53; fluting of a column, Supp.Epigr. 4.448.7 (Didyma, ii B.C., pl.); of minerals, vein, Thphr. CP 4.12.6, D.S. 5.37; streak or shaft of light, Arist. Mete. 377a30, Mu. 395a31, Thphr. Sign. 11 . in Gramm.,
1 line, verse, Sch. Pi. I. 4.63 .
2. a critical mark, like ὀβελός, Hsch.
3. stroke forming a letter, Theodect. 6.6 .
G4464 — ῤάβδος
ῤάβδου, ἡ (probably akin to ῤαπίς, Latinverber; cf. Curtius, § 513), in various senses from Homer down; the Sept. for מַטֶּה, שֵׁבֶט, מַקֵּל, מִשְׁעֶנֶת, etc., a staff; walking-stick: equivalent to a twig, rod, branch, [Heb 9:4] ([Num 17:2]ff, Hebrew text Numbers 17:16>ff); [Rev 11:1]; a rod, with which one is beaten, [1Co 4:21] (Plato, legg. 3, p. 700 c.; Plutarch, others; πατάσσειν τινα ἐν ῤάβδῳ, [Exo 21:20]; [Isa 10:24]); a staff: as used on a journey, [Mat 10:10]; [Mar 6:8]; [Luk 9:3]; or to lean upon, [Heb 11:21] (after the Sept. of [Gen 47:31], where the translators read מַטֶּה, for מִטָּה, a bed; (cf. προσκυνέω, a.)); or by shepherds, [Rev 2:27]; [Rev 12:5]; [Rev 19:15], in which passages as ἐν ῤάβδῳ ποιμαίνειν is figuratively applied to a king, so ῤάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ, with a rod of iron, indicates the severest, most rigorous, rule; hence, ῤάβδος is equivalent to a royal scepter (like שֵׁבֶט, [Psa 2:9]; [Psa 45:8]; for שַׁרְבִיט, [Est 4:11]; [Est 5:2]): [Heb 1:8] (from [Psa 45:8]).
ῥάδος , - ου , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4294 ( e.g . [Gen 47:31], MT, H4294, bed), also for H4731, H7626, 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], [Mar 6:8], [Luk 9:3], [Heb 11:21] ( LXX );
(b) a ruler's staff, a sceptre: [Heb 1:8] ( LXX ) [Rev 2:27]; [Rev 12:5]; [Rev 19:15];
( c ) a rod for chastisement ( cf. ῥαβδίζω ): ἐν ῥ . ( see ἐν ): [1Co 4:21]. †