- ῥάβδος
- ῥάβδος, ου, ἡ (Hom.+; ins; PSI 168, 16; PTebt 44, 20; LXX; TestSol 10:4 [personifed]; Test12Patr; JosAs 14:8 [oft. cod. A]; ApcEsdr 1:4 p. 24, 10 Tdf.; Philo; Jos., Bell. 2, 365f, Ant. 5, 284; Just.; Mel., P. 13, 85; Ath.) a relatively slender piece of wood varying in length, rod, staff, stick gener. Rv 11:1; many times in Hs 8. Of the test involving rods (Num 17) 1 Cl 43:2–5; Hb 9:4 (Num 17:23); GJs 9:1. Of a shepherd’s staff (Mi 7:14) Hv 5:1; Hs 6, 2, 5; GJs 18:3 v.l. In imagery ποιμαίνειν τινὰ ἐν ῥ. σιδηρᾷ (ποιμαίνω 2aγ and cp. PGM 36, 109) Rv 2:27; 12:5; 19:15. Of a traveler’s staff (lit. s.v. ὑπόδημα) Mt 10:10; Mk 6:8; Lk 9:3. Of a ruler’s staff, scepter (Pind., O. 9, 33 [50]; LXX) Hb 1:8 (Ps 44:7). Of a ‘magic’ wand (Lucian, Dial. Deor. 7, 4, Dial. Mort. 23, 3; Ps.-Callisth. 1, 1, 3) Hv 3, 2, 4; Hs 9, 6, 3 (Leutzsch, Hermas 409f n. 279). Of a stick as a means of punishment (Pla., Leg. 3, 700c; Plut., Mor. 268d; 693f; Ex 21:20; Is 10:24) ἐν ῥάβδῳ ἔρχεσθαι (opp. ἐν ἀγάπῃ) come with a stick 1 Cor 4:21 (s. ἐν 5aβ). ῥάβδοι πυρός fiery rods APt 19:33. Of an old man’s staff Hb 11:21 (Gen 47:31).—DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.
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