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  "id": "staff",
  "name": "Staff",
  "aliases": [],
  "originalTerms": [],
  "shortDefinition": "Walking/shepherding support, often paired with rod imagery.",
  "biblicalUse": "Staff is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.",
  "symbolicUse": "",
  "usageTypes": [],
  "relatedItems": [],
  "verses": [
    {
      "reference": "Psalm 23:4",
      "book": "Psalm",
      "chapter": 23,
      "verse": 4,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/psalm/23/#psalm-23-4",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "shepherding",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:2",
      "book": "Exodus",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 2,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/exodus/4/#exodus-4-2",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "narrative",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    }
  ],
  "reviewStatus": "listed",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-06-14",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "shepherding-livestock",
      "title": "Shepherding and Livestock Objects in Scripture",
      "url": "/bible-everyday-life/shepherding-livestock/"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/bible-everyday-life/items/staff/",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/bible-everyday-life/items/staff/",
  "localStrongEvidence": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/local-strongs-audit.json",
    "matchCount": 3,
    "uniqueStrongNumbers": [
      "H4294",
      "H4938",
      "H7626"
    ],
    "matches": [
      {
        "itemId": "staff",
        "itemName": "Staff",
        "reference": "Psalm 23:4",
        "localKjvReference": "Psalms 23:4",
        "book": "Psalm",
        "chapter": 23,
        "verse": 4,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/psalms/23/#psalms-23-4",
        "tokenText": "with me; thy rod",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H7626"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "H7626"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "H7626",
        "morph": "",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
        "matchTerm": "rod",
        "matchTermNormalized": "rod",
        "matchSource": "controlled_kjv_alias",
        "confidence": "review",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "H7626"
        ]
      },
      {
        "itemId": "staff",
        "itemName": "Staff",
        "reference": "Psalm 23:4",
        "localKjvReference": "Psalms 23:4",
        "book": "Psalm",
        "chapter": 23,
        "verse": 4,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/psalms/23/#psalms-23-4",
        "tokenText": "and thy staff",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H4938"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "H4938"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "H4938",
        "morph": "",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
        "matchTerm": "Staff",
        "matchTermNormalized": "staff",
        "matchSource": "item_name",
        "confidence": "high",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "H4938"
        ]
      },
      {
        "itemId": "staff",
        "itemName": "Staff",
        "reference": "Exodus 4:2",
        "localKjvReference": "Exodus 4:2",
        "book": "Exodus",
        "chapter": 4,
        "verse": 2,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/exodus/4/#exodus-4-2",
        "tokenText": "A rod",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H4294"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "H4294"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "H4294",
        "morph": "",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
        "matchTerm": "rod",
        "matchTermNormalized": "rod",
        "matchSource": "controlled_kjv_alias",
        "confidence": "review",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "H4294"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "strongsOccurrenceExpansion": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/strongs-occurrence-expansion.json",
    "occurrenceCount": 437,
    "uniqueReferenceCount": 381,
    "bookCount": 25,
    "strongs": [
      "H4294",
      "H4938",
      "H7626"
    ]
  },
  "occurrencePrecision": {
    "level": "broad lexical range",
    "readerGuidance": "This entry follows a wider set of related Strong’s numbers; use the listed references and tooltip context to narrow the study.",
    "listedReferenceCount": 2,
    "expandedUniqueReferenceCount": 381,
    "expandedOccurrenceCount": 437,
    "bookCount": 25
  }
}