- Transliteration: Rhabdos

- Phonetic: hrab'-dos

- Definition:

1. a staff, a walking stick, a twig, rod, branch

2. a rod with which one is beaten

3. a staff

a. as used on a journey, or to lean upon, or by shepherds

b. when applied to kings

1. with a rod of iron, indicates the severest, most rigorous rule

2. a royal sceptre

- Origin: from the base of G4474" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4474

- TDNT entry: 22:07,0

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From the base of G4474" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4474; a stick or wand (as a cudgel a cane or a baton of royalty): - rod sceptre staff.