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ῥάβδος

Lemmaῥάβδος
Citation formῥάβδος, ου, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa rod, staff
Strong’sG4464
Transliterationrhábdos
Definitiona stick or wand (as a cudgel, a cane or a baton of royalty)
KJV glosses:--rod, sceptre, staff.
Derivationfrom the base of
SBLGNT occurrences11

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ῥάβδον
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 10:10
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 6:8
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 9:3
ῥάβδος
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Hebrews 1:8
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Hebrews 9:4
ῥάβδου
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 11:21
ῥάβδῳ
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 1 Corinthians 4:21
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Revelation 11:1
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Revelation 12:5
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Revelation 19:15
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Revelation 2:27

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ραβδος.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for ῥάβδος with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.