Staff

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STAFF.—See Rod, Sceptre.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


staf: Many Hebrew terms are represented by this word. The ?staves? of the ark translate the word בּד, badh, literally, ?a part,? hence, branch, bar, etc. (Exo_25:13, Exo_25:14, Exo_25:15, Exo_25:27, Exo_25:28, etc.). Other words, as maṭṭeh, maḳḳēl, shēbhet, used of the staff in the hand, the shepherd's staff, figuratively, ?staff of bread? (maṭṭeh, Eze_4:16; Eze_5:16; Eze_14:13), as indispensable for support of life, are dealt with under ROD (which see). The New Testament word is ῥάβδος, rhábdos (Mat_10:10 parallel Luk_9:3; Heb_11:21). See also SCEPTRE.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


Exo_12:11 (c) The Lord's people are pilgrims in this land of sin, sorrow and death. The staff is a sign or a figure of this transient character. It means that the friend was ready for the journey, and prepared to go. We are not to take the place of being citizens here as a finality in our lives.

Psa_23:4 (c) The rod is for the enemies, while the staff is for the protection and restfulness of the Christian. The staff represents GOD's promises and the loving care of the Shepherd on which we lean and repose with confidence.

Isa_3:1 (b) The staff represents the means of protection and provision for Israel. Because of their disobedience the Lord is promising that He will remove all such blessings from that rebellious nation.

Isa_9:4 (c) We may learn from this that the Lord promised to His people complete deliverance from the burdens imposed by oppressing conquerors, the neighboring nations, so that they would be set free from oppression. Since the coming of CHRIST is prophesied in verse 6, we probably may believe that He is teaching us that because the Saviour comes into the life, the soul is set free from the bondage of Satan and the oppressing power of sin.

Isa_10:5, Isa_10:15 (c) In this case the staff represents the Assyrian who would be used by the Lord to punish His people Israel. However, He would not permit the Assyrians to boast of their power and victories, for they were only an instrument in the hand of a righteous GOD.

Isa_14:5 (b) The broken staff tells the story of the power of GOD to conquer the enemies of Israel, and to prevent them from injuring His people.

Isa_30:32 (c) We may learn from this strange passage that the Lord will conquer the Assyrians, and in every place where this enemy has conquered Israel the suffering shall be replaced with the blessing of GOD, and with musical instruments.

Jer_48:17 (b) Moab had been a very strong, vigorous nation occupying a beautiful site. Now GOD's wrath was poured out upon that city, their armies whipped, their strongholds captured.

Eze_29:6 (a) Israel had leaned on Egypt for support, but Egypt failed them and did not give the succour and help that Israel expected.

Hos_4:12 (b) Evidently Israel was depending upon idols for help, and was following the counsel which they received from their divinations. These counsels led them into evil paths.

Zec_11:10-14 (b) These two staves indicate "authoritative rule and abounding resources." The stave called "beauty" represents GOD's infinite love and wonderful grace toward His people Israel. He broke this staff to show Israel He was now no longer intending to deal with them kindly, but rather with severity. The breaking of the other staff, bands, revealed that He would now cease giving the necessary resources to these two countries and refuse to further provide for them, or protect them.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.



(usually מִטֶּה, מִקֵּל, or שֶׁבֶט; άβδος; all designating a stick). The use of rods and staffs was as various with the ancient Israelites as with us. Men and animals were goaded with them (Exo_21:20 [comp. Sirach 33, 27]; Num_22:27; 1Sa_17:43; 2Sa_7:14; Pro_10:13; Pro_13:24; Isa_9:3), SEE BASTINADO; fruit was beaten with them from the trees (Jdg_6:11; Rth_2:17; Isa_28:27), especially olives (q.v.). Old and infirm people carried them as supports or for defense (Exo_21:19; Zec_8:4 [see the monograph of Canz, De Pedo Servatoris, Tub. 1750]), also travelers (Gen_32:10; Exo_12:11; 2Ki_4:29; Mat_10:10; Mar_6:8). SEE WALK. A baton, like a ring, was often a sign of rank (Gen_38:18; Gen_38:25; comp. Herod. 1, 19; Bonomi, Nineveh, p. 197); sometimes inscribed with the owner's name (Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt. 2, 347); and especially a badge of office (Exo_4:2 sq.; exe 7:9 sq.; Num_20:8; Num_21:18; Jdg_5:14; 1Sa_14:27; Psa_110:2; Mic_7:14). SEE SCEPTER. The shepherd carried a staff, which he used not only as a support in climbing hills, but for the purpose of beating bushes and low brushwood in which the flocks strayed, and where, snakes and other reptiles abounded. It may also have been used for correcting the shepherd dogs and keeping them in subjection (Van Lennep, Bible Lands, p. 188). SEE SHEPHERD.
In Heb_11:21 it is cited as an example of faith that the dying Jacob “worshipped [leaning] upon the top of his staff” (προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς άβδου αὑτοῦ), a statement which Romanists have sometimes appealed to as sanctioning the worship of images, on the pretense that the patriarch's staff bore a carved head (after the Vulg. adoravit fastigium baculi sui). These words are simply quoted from the Sept. at Gen_47:31, where the Greek translator has mistaken מַטָּה, bed, for מִטֶּה, staff, as is obvious from the parallel passage (49:33). The phrase merely indicates a reverential posture such as David assumed (1Ki_1:47). See Zeibich, De Jacobo ad Caput Scipionis Adorante (Ger. 1783). SEE JACOB.



CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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