Aaron's rod

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Aaron's rod (disambiguation)

Etymology edit

A reference to Numbers 17:8, the Authorized / KJV translation of which is "And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds." (spelling modernized).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹ.ənz ɹɒd/, /ˈæɹ-/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.ənz ɹɑd/, /ˈɛəɹ-/, /ˈæɹ-/
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Noun edit

Aaron 's rod (countable and uncountable, plural Aaron's rods)

Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:
1. Verbascum thapsus, the great mullein, common mullein, or hag-taper. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]^[2]
  Synonyms: torchwort, hag-taper, common mullein, great mullein, Adam's flannel, Jacob's staff, Jupiter's staff, cow's lungwort
2. Goldenrod, the Solidago genus of North American plants with yellow flowers.
3. Hylotelephium telephium (syn. Sedum telephium; orpine, livelong, or live-forever).
(architecture) A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, and/or scrolls.
(archaic) A rod with one serpent twined around it, as used by Aaron (differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two serpents).

Translations edit

tall plant associated with the biblical rod of Aaron

Finnish: aaroninsauva (fi)
German: Aronstab (de) m
Russian: ааронов жезл (ru) (aaronov žezl)

mullein — see mullein

goldenrod — see goldenrod

orpine — see orpine

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Dutch: ^{(please verify)} koningskaars (nl) f
Estonian: , (golden-rod: Solidago) ^{(please verify)} kuldvits, (2: golden-rod: Solidago virgaurea) ^{(please verify)} harilik kuldvits, (great mullein) ^{(please verify)} üheksavägine (et)
Old English: ^{(please verify)} candelwyrt f, ^{(please verify)} feltwyrt f

References edit

^ The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Numbers 17:8, column 2: “And it came to paſſe that on the morrow Moſes went into the Tabernacle of Witneſſe, and behold, the rod of Aaron for the houſe of Leui was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed bloſſomes, and yeelded almonds.”
^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Aaron's rod”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.