ῥάβδος, -ου, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for מַטֶּה (e.g. Ge 47:31, MT, מַטֶּה, bed), also for מַקֵּל, שֵׁבֶט, etc.;]
a staff, rod: He 9:4, Re 11:1; in particular,
(a) a staff, such as is used on a journey: Mt 10:10, Mk 6:8, Lk 9:3, He 11:21(LXX);
(b) a ruler's staff, a sceptre: He 1:8(LXX)Re 2:2712:519:15;
(c) a rod for chastisement (cf. ῥαβδίζω): ἐν ῥ. (v.s. ἐν): I Co 4:21.†