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Koine Greek wordlink #142074

SR GNT Heb 1:8 ῥάβδος (ɽabdos) ‘age and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of the’ Strongs=44640 Lemma=rhabdos
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ῥάβδος (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ῥάβδος’ (N-NFS) has 3 different glosses: ‘the scepter’, ‘scepter’, ‘staff’.

Heb 1:8 ‘the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of the kingdom of him’ SR GNT Heb 1:8 word 21

Heb 9:4 ‘manna and the staff of Aʼarōn/(ʼAhₐron) having sprouted and’ SR GNT Heb 9:4 word 21

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘rhabdos’ have 6 different glosses: ‘a rod’, ‘a staff’, ‘the scepter’, ‘to a staff’, ‘scepter’, ‘staff’.

Key: N=noun NFS=nominative,feminine,singular