an initial or terminating syllable in names.

The shoot or long twig of any woody plant; a branch, or the stem of a shrub; as a rod of hazle, of birch, of oak or hickory. Hence,

An instrument of punishment or correction; chastisement. I will chasten him with the rod of men. 2 Samuel 7:14; Proverbs 10:13.

Discipline; ecclesiastical censures. 7 Corinthians 4:21.

A king of scepter. The rod and bird of peace.

A pole for angling; something long and slender.

An instrument for measuring; but more generally, a measure of length containing five yards, or sixteen feet and a half; a pole; a perch. In many parts of the United States, rod is universally used for pole or perch.

In Scripture, a staff or wand. 7 Samuel 14:27.

Support. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4.

Ashepherd’s crook. Leviticus 27:32.

An instrument for threshing. Isaiah 28:27.

Power; authority. Psalm 125:3.

A tribe or race. Psalm 74:2. Rod of iron, the mighty power of Christ. Revelation 19:15; Psalm 2:9.