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Stave

/STAYV/

Summary

Wooden poles or bars, particularly those used for carrying the sacred furniture of the tabernacle.

☩Tabernacle Staves

The Hebrew 'bad' (plural 'baddim') refers to the wooden poles for carrying the holy furniture—the ark, golden altar, table of shewbread, and brazen altar. These staves were of acacia wood covered with gold or brass plating. The ark's staves were never removed; their ends were visible to priests standing in the holy place.

Key verses:Exodus 25:13-28Numbers 4:6-141 Kings 8:7-81 Chronicles 15:15

☩Other Uses

Staffs served multiple purposes: for support when walking, for driving animals, for beating fruit from trees. A baton signified rank; the shepherd's staff guided and protected the flock. The crowd came to arrest Jesus 'with swords and staves.' Zechariah's symbolic staves 'Beauty' and 'Bands' represented God's covenant with Israel.

Key verses:Genesis 32:10Exodus 12:11Matthew 26:47Mark 14:43Zechariah 11:7-14

Related Verses45 mentions

Exodus· 25 verses

25:1325:1425:1525:2725:28

Numbers· 5 verses

4:64:84:114:1421:18

Matthew· 3 verses

10:1026:4726:55

Mark· 2 verses

14:4314:48

References

  1. 1.James Orr (ed.), "Staves; Staff," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Staves; Staff," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  3. 3.John McClintock and James Strong, "Staves; Staff," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  4. 4.John McClintock and James Strong, "Staves; Staff," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  5. 5.John McClintock and James Strong, "Staves; Staff," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).