Words the Bible translates as staff
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- xulonξύλονwood: cut timber, and by extension almost anything made of wood, from a living tree to the cross
- mattehמַטֶּהa staff or rod: a length of wood carried in the hand, used as a walking stick, a tool, a weapon, or a sign of authority.
+1 more meaning
- a tribe: one of the major family divisions of Israel descended from a son of Jacob.
- shevetשֵׁבֶטa rod: a wooden stick used to strike, to guide a flock, or to mark out a ruler's authority
+1 more meaning
- a tribe: one of the family branches that together make up the people of Israel
- rhabdosῥάβδοςa staff: a length of wood carried in the hand, to walk with, to strike with, or to keep as a token
+1 more meaning
- a scepter: the staff a ruler holds as the sign of his right to govern
- kalamosκάλαμοςa reed: the tall marsh cane, and by extension the everyday things cut from its stalk: a light staff, a writing pen, or a measuring rod
- maqqelמַקֵּלa stick of wood: a rod, staff, or fresh-cut branch carried or used in the hand
- mishenetמִשְׁעֶנֶתa staff: the stick a person leans their weight on to walk, stand, or be steadied
- motמוֹטa length of timber that bears weight: the pole two people carry a load on, and the crossbar of a yoke laid over a neck
+1 more meaning
- a slipping: the moment a foot gives way under someone
Keep looking
Every English meaning beginning with S is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.