ῥάβδοςrhábdos

Meanings

Same root

• ῥαπίζωrhapízō · G4474to slap
• ῥαβδοῦχοςrhabdoûchos · G4465a rod- (the Latin fasces) holder, i.e. a Roman lictor (constable or executioner)
• ῥαβδίζωrhabdízō · G4463to strike with a stick, i.e. bastinado

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 10:10 Don’t carry a traveler’s bag with a change of clothes and sandals or even a walking stick. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve to be fed.
• Mark 6:8 He told them to take nothing for their journey except a walking stick—no food, no traveler’s bag, no money.
• Luke 9:3 “Take nothing for your journey,” he instructed them. “Don’t take a walking stick, a traveler’s bag, food, money, or even a change of clothes.
• 1 Corinthians 4:21 Which do you choose? Should I come with a rod to punish you, or should I come with love and a gentle spirit?
• Hebrews 1:8 But to the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.
• Hebrews 9:4 In that room were a gold incense altar and a wooden chest called the Ark of the Covenant, which was covered with gold on all sides. Inside the Ark were a gold jar containing manna, Aaron’s staff that sprouted leaves, and the stone tablets of the covenant.