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Sceptre

A word derived from the Greek, properly signifies, a rod of command, a staff of authority, which is supposed to be in the hands of kings, governors of a province, or of the chief of a people, Gen. xlix, 10; This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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Subject type: Subject
Strong’s: H8275, H7626, G4464
Hebrew: שַׁרְבִֿיט · sharbîyṭ
Greek: ῥάβδος · rhábdos

Strong’s and original-language information

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שַׁרְבִֿיט

H8275

Transliteration: sharbîyṭ
Pronunciation: shar-beet'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 4

Glosses

sceptre, sceptre.

Lexicon definition

a rod of empire

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שֵׁבֶט

H7626

Transliteration: shêbeṭ
Pronunciation: shay'-bet
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 190

Glosses

[idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

Lexicon definition

a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ῥάβδος

G4464

Transliteration: rhábdos
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 12

Glosses

rod, sceptre, staff

Lexicon definition

a stick or wand (as a cudgel, a cane or a baton of royalty)

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

שֵׁ֫בֶט

H7626

Transliteration: shêbeṭ
Pronunciation: shay'-bet
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 190

Glosses

rod, staff, club, sceptre, tribe, [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

Lexicon definition

a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שַׁרְבִיט

H8275

Transliteration: sharbîyṭ
Pronunciation: shar-beet'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 4

Glosses

sceptre.

Lexicon definition

a rod of empire

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Sceptre

(Heb. shebet = Gr. skeptron), properly a staff or rod. As a symbol of authority, the use of the sceptre originated in the idea that the ruler was as a shepherd of his people (Gen. 49:10; Num. 24:17; Ps. 45:6; Isa. 14:5). There is no example on record of a sceptre having ever been actually handled by a Jewish king.

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

SCEPTRE

a word derived from the Greek, properly signifies, a rod of command, a staff of authority, which is supposed to be in the hands of kings, governors of a province, or of the chief of a people, Gen. xlix, 10; Numb. xxiv, 17; Isa. xiv, 5. The sceptre is put for the rod of correction, and for the sovereign authority that punishes and humbles, Psalm ii, 9; Prov. xxii, 15. The term sceptre is frequently used for a tribe, probably because the prince of each tribe carried a sceptre, or a wand of command, to show his dignity.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Sources

Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
Historical Reference: Installed reference work