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sceptre

Meaning of “sceptre”

Sense 1: A staff or rod representing royal authority. Sense 2: The ruling power it represents.

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15 occurrences12 verses9 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:10

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Showing verses 11–12 of 12 · 15 word occurrences in this result

Zechariah 10:11
And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 10:11 · retained source text

And he shall passe through the sea with affliction, & shall smite the waues in the Sea, and all the deepes of the riuer shall dry vp: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought downe, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart away.

Hebrews 1:8
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Hebrews 1:8 · retained source text

But vnto the Sonne, he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for euer and euer: a scepter of righteousnesse is the scepter of thy kingdome.

1611 marginal noteGr, rightnesse, or straightnes.

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