Exodus 4:2
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),...
Key Terms in This Verse
מַטֶּה maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of l...
Study H4294 →Cross References
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay...
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
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