ROD
An offshoot from the trunk of a tree, Genesis 30:37 Isaiah 11:1 Ezekiel 1:37-22. It also denotes a staff, used by one walking, Isaiah 3:1 Ezekiel 29:6; by a diviner, Hosea 4:12; by a surveyor, Psalms 74:2; by a shepherd, Leviticus 27:32 Zechariah 1:11-14; as an instrument of correction, Proverbs 23:13; Proverbs 1:29; as a sceptre, Esther 8:4 Isaiah 14:5; and as a symbol of power, Psalms 2:9, support and direction, Psalms 23:4.