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Credit: Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1958.105.1, col.1340, 35176. Auckland War Memorial Museum

License: CC BY 4.0

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Comments: Shepherd's crook; curving stick with circular handle

 

Credit: Bernhard Plockhorst (1825–1907)

License: Public Domain

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: The Lord is my Good Shepherd

 

From ISBE: staf: Many Hebrew terms are represented by this word. The "staves" of the ark translate the word badh, literally, "a part," hence, branch, bar, etc. (Exodus 25:13; Exodus 25:14; Exodus 25:15; Exodus 25:27; Exodus 25:28, etc.). Other words, as matteh, maqqel, shebhet, used of the staff in the hand, the shepherd's staff, figuratively, "staff of bread" (matteh, Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 14:13), as indispensable for support of life, are dealt with under ROD (which see). The New Testament word is rhabdos (Matthew 10:10 parallel Luke 9:3; Hebrews 11:21).


See also SCEPTRE.

Verses:

  • Genesis 32:10
  • Genesis 38:18
  • Genesis 38:25
  • Genesis 49:10
  • Exodus 4:2
  • Exodus 4:4
  • Exodus 4:17
  • Exodus 4:20
  • Exodus 7:9
  • Exodus 7:10
  • Exodus 7:12
  • Exodus 7:15
  • Exodus 7:17
  • Exodus 7:19
  • Exodus 7:20
  • Exodus 8:5
  • Exodus 8:16
  • Exodus 8:17
  • Exodus 9:23
  • Exodus 10:13
  • Exodus 12:11
  • Exodus 14:16
  • Exodus 17:5
  • Exodus 17:9
  • Exodus 21:19
  • Numbers 17:2
  • Numbers 17:3
  • Numbers 17:4
  • Numbers 17:5
  • Numbers 17:6
  • Numbers 17:7
  • Numbers 17:8
  • Numbers 17:9
  • Numbers 17:10
  • Numbers 20:8
  • Numbers 20:9
  • Numbers 20:11
  • Numbers 21:18
  • Numbers 22:27
  • Judges 5:14
  • Judges 6:21
  • 1 Samuel 14:27
  • 1 Samuel 14:43
  • 1 Samuel 17:40
  • 2 Samuel 3:29
  • 2 Kings 4:29
  • 2 Kings 4:31
  • 2 Kings 18:21
  • Psalms 23:4
  • Isaiah 10:5
  • Isaiah 10:15
  • Isaiah 10:24
  • Isaiah 10:26
  • Isaiah 14:5
  • Isaiah 36:6
  • Jeremiah 48:17
  • Ezekiel 29:6
  • Micah 7:14
  • Zechariah 8:4
  • Zechariah 11:7
  • Zechariah 11:10
  • Zechariah 11:14
  • Matthew 10:10
  • Matthew 27:29
  • Matthew 27:30
  • Mark 6:8
  • Mark 15:19
  • Luke 9:3
  • Hebrews 9:4
  • Hebrews 11:21
  • Revelation 11:1
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​s/staff.html. 2024.
 
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