21 occurrences

'Staff' in the Bible

"What's that in your hand?" the LORD asked him. Moses answered, "A staff."

Verse ConceptsSmall Things God UsesWhat Is This?

Then God told Moses, "Reach out and grab its tail." So he reached out, grabbed it, and it became a staff in his hand.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Moses And AaronTailsGraspingThings Changed

Now pick up that staff with your hand. You'll use it to perform the signs."

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalSigns From God

So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on donkeys, and headed back to the land of Egypt. Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

"When Pharaoh says to you, "Perform a miraculous sign,' then you are to say to Aaron, "Take your staff and throw it in front of Pharaoh.' It will become a serpent."

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesSerpentsOther MiraclesPutting Things DownThings Changed

So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and did what the LORD had commanded them. Aaron threw his staff in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesMiracles Of Moses And AaronThings Changedmagic

So each one threw down his staff and it became a serpent, but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.

Verse ConceptsRodsSwallowingPutting Things DownThings Changedmagic

Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he's going down to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile River and meet him. Be sure to take with you the staff that was turned into a snake.

Verse ConceptsMorningWaitingRodsMeeting PeopleThings Changed

""This is what the LORD says: "This is how you'll know that I am the LORD: Right now I'm going to strike the water of the Nile River with the staff that's in my hand, and it will be turned to blood.

Verse ConceptsYou Will Know I Am The Lord

The LORD also told Moses, "Tell Aaron, "Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their Nile River, over their ponds, and over their reservoirs, and they'll become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in their wood and stone containers.'"

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesRivers And StreamsStonesWoodPoolsRodsBucketsStretching OutWater ContainersWood And Stone

Moses and Aaron did just what the LORD had commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the water in the Nile River in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and all the water in the Nile River turned to blood.

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesBlood, Miracles Connected WithAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronPollutionsRodsSpectatorsRiver NileRivers

Then the LORD told Moses, "Tell Aaron, "Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the Nile River, and over the ponds, and bring up frogs over the land of Egypt.'"

Verse ConceptsStretching Out

Then the LORD told Moses, "Tell Aaron, "Stretch out your staff, strike the dust of the ground, and the dust will become gnats throughout the land of Egypt.'"

Verse ConceptsDust, Literal UseInsectsFliesThings Changed

They did this. Aaron stretched his hand out with his staff, struck the dust of the land, and gnats came on people and animals all the dust of the ground became gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Moses And AaronStretching OutFliesBoth Men And Animals AffectedThings Changed

When Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Causes OfThunderMiracles Of Moses And AaronHailFire From Heaven

Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD sent an east wind into the land all that day and throughout the night. When morning came, the east wind brought the locusts.

Verse ConceptseastAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronOne DayOut Of The EastbugsThe East Wind

""This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it hurriedly it's the LORD's Passover.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambAtonement, Types OfNew Year, TheAdventureSandalsStaffHasteShoesClothing OneselfHasty ActionPreparing To TravelWalking With A Staff

You are to raise your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it, so the Israelis may go into the middle of the sea on dry land.

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToStretching OutDivision Of WatersDry LandWaters DividedComing To The Red Sea

Then the LORD told Moses, "Go over in front of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

Moses told Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out to fight against the Amalekites. Tomorrow I'll stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

and the injured person then gets up and walks around outside with the help of his staff, the one who struck him is not liable, except that he is to compensate him for his loss of time and take care of his complete recovery.

Verse ConceptsInjuryLossHabitual Getting UpUnpunishedWalking With A StaffRecovery

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Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מוט 
Mowt 
bar , moved , upon a staff , yoke
Usage: 6

מטּה מטּה 
Matteh 
tribe , rod , staff , staves , tribe +
Usage: 251

מקּלה מקּל 
Maqqel 
Usage: 18

משׁענת משׁענה 
Mish`enah 
Usage: 12

עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

פּלך 
Pelek 
Usage: 10

שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

ξύλον 
Xulon 
Usage: 14

ῥάβδος 
Rhabdos 
Usage: 9

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