An offshoot from the trunk of a tree, Ge 30:37Isa 11:1Eze 37:15-22. It also denotes a staff, used by one walking, Isa 3:1Eze 29:6; by a diviner, Ho 4:12; by a surveyor, Ps 74:2; by a shepherd, Le 27:32Zec 11:10-14; as an instrument of correction, Pr 23:13 29:15; as a sceptre, Es 8:4Isa 14:5; and as a symbol of power, Ps 2:9, support and direction, Ps 23:4.
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.