= stick usually made of wood; attribute of a shepherd or a ruler, but also used for other purposes, such as beating, walking, fighting, etc.; associated with shepherding, authority, punishment
stick, rod, staff, scepter
Weapons
= a relatively short, straight rod, usually made of wood, with a sharp metal head or point; used for piercing by thrusting
short spear
People
literally: stick, rod; hence: = a group that oppresses other people
rod > people
Leaders
literally: staff; hence: = a person with the authority represented by a scepter
scepter > ruler
Control
literally: staff; hence: = state of authority over someone else symbolized by a scepter
authority, rule
Chastise
literally: stick, rod; hence: = process of causing systematic suffering to someone else as if one were beating someone else with a rod