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In the Bible, rods are significant objects that appear in various contexts, symbolizing authority, discipline, guidance, and divine power. The use of rods is prevalent throughout both the Old and New Testaments, serving as physical tools and metaphorical symbols.

1. Rods as Symbols of Authority and Leadership

Rods often represent authority and leadership in the biblical narrative. In the book of Exodus, Moses' rod is a prominent symbol of God's power and authority. God instructs Moses to use his rod to perform signs and wonders before Pharaoh, demonstrating divine authority over Egypt (Exodus 4:2-4). The rod becomes a tool through which God enacts the plagues and parts the Red Sea (Exodus 14:16).

Similarly, Aaron's rod is a symbol of his priestly authority. InNumbers 17, God commands each tribe of Israel to present a rod, and Aaron's rod miraculously buds, blossoms, and produces almonds, signifying God's chosen leadership (Numbers 17:8).

2. Rods as Instruments of Discipline and Correction

Rods are also associated with discipline and correction, particularly in the wisdom literature. Proverbs frequently mentions the rod as a tool for disciplining children, emphasizing the importance of correction in fostering wisdom and righteousness.Proverbs 13:24 states, "He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently" . This reflects the belief that loving discipline is necessary for moral and spiritual development.

3. Rods as Tools of Guidance and Protection

In the pastoral imagery ofPsalm 23, the rod is depicted as a tool of guidance and protection. The psalmist declares, "Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me" (Psalm 23:4). Here, the rod symbolizes the shepherd's care and guidance, providing comfort and security to the sheep. This imagery underscores God's role as a shepherd who leads and protects His people.

4. Rods in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature

In prophetic and apocalyptic literature, rods can symbolize judgment and divine intervention. InIsaiah 11:4, the coming Messiah is described as striking the earth with the rod of His mouth, indicating the power of His word in executing judgment . Similarly, inRevelation 2:27, the victorious believers are promised authority to rule the nations with a rod of iron, reflecting Christ's sovereign rule .

5. Rods in the New Testament

While the New Testament does not emphasize rods as prominently as the Old Testament, they still appear in contexts of authority and discipline. In1 Corinthians 4:21, Paul rhetorically asks the Corinthian church, "Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?" . Here, the rod symbolizes corrective authority, contrasting with the gentleness of love.

Overall, rods in the Bible serve as multifaceted symbols, representing authority, discipline, guidance, and divine power. They are integral to the biblical narrative, illustrating God's interaction with His people and His sovereign rule over creation.

Greek

4463. rhabdizo -- to beat with a rod
... to beat with a rod. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: rhabdizo Phonetic Spelling:
(hrab-did'-zo) Short Definition: I beat withrods, scourge Definition: I...

4465. rhabdouchos -- a rod holder, ie (a Roman) lictor (one...
... Masculine Transliteration: rhabdouchos Phonetic Spelling: (hrab-doo'-khos) Short
Definition: a lictor, Roman officer Definition: a holder of therods, a lictor...

4742. stigma -- a bed of leaves or rushes
... 4742 ("brand-mark") refers to the literal scars on Paul from the lictor's
rods at Pisidian Antioch, the stoning at Lystra, etc....

Strong's Hebrew

4731. maqqel -- a rod, staff
... 4730, 4731. maqqel or maqqelah. 4732 . a rod, staff. Transliteration: maqqel
or maqqelah Phonetic Spelling: (mak-kale;) Short Definition:rods....

4294. matteh -- a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe
... Word Origin from natah Definition a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe NASB Word
Usage branch (3), branches (1), half-tribe* (13), rod (18),rods (6), scepter...

1551. galil -- a cylinder, rod, circuit, district, also a district...
... Word Origin from galal Definition a cylinder, rod, circuit, district, also a district
in Pal. NASB Word Usage Galilee (5), rings (1),rods (1). Galilee....

4732. Miqloth -- a Benjamite, also an officer of David
... Mikloth. (or perhaps mik-kel-ohth') plural of (feminine) maqqel;rods; Mikloth,
a place in the Desert -- Mikloth. see HEBREW maqqel. 4731, 4732....

Library

Now it came to Pass, when She was Fourteen Years Old...
... And therods having been handed over to the high priest, he offered a sacrifice
to the Lord God, and inquired of the Lord. And the...

What Happened to the Hebrews During Thirty-Eight Years in the...
... for themselves, without opposing them, and this lest he should imbitter the multitude:
he only desired the heads of the tribes to bring theirrods, [3] with...

God Alone Creates those Things which are Changed by Magic Art.
... Just as Jacob, again, was not the creator of the colors in the flocks, because he
placed the various coloredrods for the several mothers, as they drank, to...

Moses of Old Stilled the Contention which Arose Concerning the...
... themselves as to which of them should be adorned with that glorious title, he commanded
the twelve princes of the tribes to bring him theirrods, each one...

Compendious Statement of the Doctrines of the Perat??.
... and unspeakable, and unchangeable; (that is,) in such a manner as Moses says that
the colours of the conceived (kine) flowed from therods [503] which were...

The Three Walls of the Romanists.
... Thus they have secretly stolen our threerods, so that they may be unpunished, and
entrenched themselves behind these three walls, to act with all wickedness...

Blessed is He who Atoned Your Sins, that Ye Might Receive his Body...
... 2. There are shown in theserods similitudes,"and in the sheep, parables."The Cross
in therods is figured, and in the sheep the souls of men."His wood...

"Hear the Word of the Lord, Ye Rulers of Sodom, Give Ear unto the...
... The entering of the law, both in the commands and curses, is to make sin abound,
that grace may superabound, so that bothrods and threatenings are the...

How Moses and Aaron Returned into Egypt to Pharaoh.
... only be believed by the unlearned. Now when the priests threw down their
rods, they became serpents. But Moses was not daunted at...

Thesaurus

Rods (76 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version ConcordanceRods (76 Occurrences).... (WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS RSV). 2
Corinthians 11:25 Three times I was beaten withrods. Once I was stoned....

Connecting-rods (8 Occurrences)
Connecting-rods. Connecting, Connecting-rods. Connection .
Multi-Version Concordance Connecting-rods (8 Occurrences)....

Plated (29 Occurrences)
... Exodus 25:28 Makerods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table....
Exodus 27:6 And makerods for the altar, of hard wood, plated with brass....

Staffs (47 Occurrences)
... (WBS). Exodus 7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:
but Aaron's rod swallowed up theirrods. (See NAS NIV)....

Ancestral (14 Occurrences)
... Numbers 17:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and take of themrods, one for each
fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses...

Copper (55 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Exodus 27:10 and the twenty pillars thereof, and their twenty bases of copper,
the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver. (DBY)....

Tribes (141 Occurrences)
... Numbers 17:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and take of themrods, one for each
fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses...

Fastened (43 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Exodus 27:17 All the pillars of the court round about shall be fastened together
withrods of silver; their hooks of silver, and their bases of copper....

Conceive (23 Occurrences)
... Genesis 30:38 He set therods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the
gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink....

Ardent (7 Occurrences)
... Genesis 30:38 And he set therods which he had peeled before the flock, in the troughs
at the watering-places where the flock came to drink, and they were...

Resources

What was the significance of Aaron's rod? | GotQuestions.org

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Rods: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Rods (76 Occurrences)

Acts 16:22
The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten withrods.
(WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS RSV)

2 Corinthians 11:25
Three times I was beaten withrods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 30:37
Jacob took to himselfrods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 30:38
He set therods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 30:39
The flocks conceived before therods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 30:41
It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid therods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 7:12
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up theirrods.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 25:13
And makerods of the same wood, plating them with gold.
(BBE)

Exodus 25:14
And put therods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
(BBE)

Exodus 25:15
Therods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out.
(BBE)

Exodus 25:27
The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take therods with which the table is to be lifted.
(BBE)

Exodus 25:28
Makerods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.
(BBE)

Exodus 26:26
And makerods of the same wood, five for the boards on the one side,
(BBE)

Exodus 26:29
And the boards are to be plated with gold, having gold rings for therods to go through: and the rods are to be plated with gold.
(BBE)

Exodus 27:6
And makerods for the altar, of hard wood, plated with brass.
(BBE)

Exodus 27:7
And put therods through the rings at the two opposite sides of the altar, for lifting it.
(BBE)

Exodus 27:17
All the pillars of the court round about shall be fastened together withrods of silver; their hooks of silver, and their bases of copper.
(DBY)

Exodus 30:4
Under the edge on the two opposite sides, you are to make two gold rings, to take therods for lifting it.
(BBE)

Exodus 30:5
And make theserods of the same wood, plating them with gold.
(BBE)

Exodus 35:11
The House and its tent and its cover, its hooks and its boards, itsrods and its pillars and its bases;
(BBE)

Exodus 35:12
The ark with its cover and itsrods and the veil hanging before it;
(BBE)

Exodus 35:13
The table and itsrods and all its vessels, and the holy bread;
(BBE)

Exodus 35:15
And the altar for burning spices, with itsrods, and the holy oil and the sweet perfume, and the curtain for the door, at the door of the House;
(BBE)

Exodus 35:16
The altar of burned offerings, with its network of brass, itsrods, and all its vessels, the washing-vessel and its base;
(BBE)

Exodus 36:31
And they maderods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,
(BBE)

Exodus 36:34
All the boards were plated with gold, and the rings through which therods went were of gold, and the rods were plated with gold.
(BBE)

Exodus 37:4
Androds of the same wood plated with gold.
(BBE)

Exodus 37:5
Theserods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
(BBE)

Exodus 37:14
The rings were fixed under the frame to take therods with which the table was to be lifted.
(BBE)

Exodus 37:15
Therods for lifting the table he made of hard wood plated with gold.
(BBE)

Exodus 37:27
And he made two gold rings, placing them on the two opposite sides under the edge, to take therods for lifting it.
(BBE)

Exodus 37:28
Therods he made of the same hard wood, plating them with gold.
(BBE)

Exodus 38:5
And four rings for the four angles of this network, to take therods.
(BBE)

Exodus 38:6
Therods he made of hard wood plated with brass.
(BBE)

Exodus 38:7
He put therods through the rings at the opposite sides of the altar for lifting it; he made the altar hollow, boarded in with wood.
(BBE)

Exodus 38:17
and the bases of the pillars of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were fastened together with rods of silver.
(DBY)

Exodus 38:28
And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made the hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and fastened them withrods.
(DBY)

Exodus 39:33
Then they took the House to Moses, the tent with all the things for it; its hooks, its boards, itsrods, its pillars, and its bases;
(BBE)

Exodus 39:35
The ark of the law, with itsrods and its cover;
(BBE)

Exodus 39:39
And the brass altar, with its network of brass, and itsrods and all its vessels, and the washing-vessel and its base;
(BBE)

Exodus 40:18
Moses put up the House; placing its bases in position and lifting up its uprights, putting in therods and planting the pillars in their places;
(BBE)

Exodus 40:20
And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put therods at its side and the cover over it;
(BBE)

Numbers 4:6
And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting itsrods in place.
(BBE)

Numbers 4:8
And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting itsrods in their places.
(BBE)

Numbers 4:11
On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to put itsrods in their places.
(BBE)

Numbers 4:14
Placing on the cloth all its vessels, the fire-baskets, the meat-hooks, the spades, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; they are to put a leather cover over all these, and put itsrods in their places.
(BBE)

Numbers 4:31
And this is their part in the work of the Tent of meeting: the transport of the boards and therods of the Tent, with the pillars and their bases;
(BBE)

Numbers 17:2
"Speak to the children of Israel, and take of themrods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write every man's name on his rod.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 17:6
Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave himrods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 17:7
Moses laid up therods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 17:9
Moses brought out all therods from before Yahweh to all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 13:21
For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for putting iron points on their ox-drivingrods.
(BBE)

1 Kings 7:30
Every base had four wheels of brass, turning on brassrods, and their four angles had angle-plates under them; the angle-plates under the base were of metal, and there were ornaments at the side of every one.
(BBE)

1 Kings 7:32
The four wheels were under the frames, and therods on which the wheels were fixed were in the base; the wheels were a cubit and a half high.
(BBE)

1 Kings 7:33
The wheels were made like carriage-wheels, therods on which they were fixed, the parts forming their edges, their rods and the middle points of them, were all formed out of liquid metal.
(BBE)

1 Kings 8:7
For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and itsrods.
(BBE)

1 Kings 8:8
Therods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 15:15
And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, lifting it by itsrods, as the Lord had said to Moses.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 5:8
For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and itsrods.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 5:9
Therods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 3:3
The sons of Hassenaah were the builders of the fish doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks androds.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 3:6
Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks androds.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 3:13
Hanun and the people of Zanoah were working on the doorway of the valley; they put it up and put up its doors, with their locks androds, and a thousand cubits of wall as far as the doorway where the waste material was placed.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 3:14
And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the ruler of the division of Beth-haccherem, made good the doorway of the waste, building it up and putting up its doors, with their locks androds.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 3:15
And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks androds, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, as far as the steps which go down from the town of David.
(BBE)

Esther 1:6
There were hangings of white cloth , of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.
(See JPS)

Job 40:18
His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are likerods of iron.
(BBE NIV)

Proverbs 19:29
Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
(BBE)

Song of Songs 5:14
His hands are as rings of gold set with beryl: His body is as ivory work overlaid with'sapphires.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Isaiah 45:2
I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the ironrods cut in two:
(BBE)

Ezekiel 19:11
It had strongrods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 19:12
But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strongrods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 19:14
Fire is gone out of therods of its branches, it has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
(WEB ASV)

Habakkuk 3:9
Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a'sure word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
(See JPS DBY NAS)

Habakkuk 3:14
Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
(See JPS)

Zechariah 11:7
So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself tworods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of the flock.
(BBE)

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