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Definitions: Sceptre |
SceptreNoun1. The imperial authority symbolized by a scepter. 2. A ceremonial or emblematic staff. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sceptre" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | SCEPTRE Designing and analysing circuits. ["SCEPTRE: A Computer Program for Circuit and Systems Analysis", J.C. Bowers et al, P-H 1971]. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Bible | Sceptre (Heb. shebet = Gr. skeptron), properly a staff or rod. As a symbol of authority, the use of the sceptre originated in the idea that the ruler was as a shepherd of his people (Gen. 49:10; Num. 24:17; Ps. 45:6; Isa. 14:5). There is no example on record of a sceptre having ever been actually handled by a Jewish king. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
| To dream that others wield the sceptre over you, denotes that you will seek employment under the supervision of others, rather than exert your energies to act for yourself. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | |
Literature | Sceptre That of Agamemnon is the most noted. Homer says it was made by Vulcan, who gave it to the son of Saturn. It then passed successively to Jupiter, to Mercury, to Pelops, to Atreus (2 syl.), to Thyestes (3 syl.), and then to Agamemnon. It was found at Phocis, whither it had been taken by Electra. It was looked on with great reverence, and several miracles are attributed to it. It was preserved for many years after the time of Homer, but ultimately disappeared. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: SceptreSynonyms: scepter (n), verge (n), wand (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sceptre |
| English words defined with "sceptre": Sceptering, Sceptring. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sceptre": HAND, Hand of Justice ♦ Man of Silence ♦ Olympian Jove ♦ Rome of the West ♦ Sabrina, Symbols of Saints ♦ Wunderberg. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sceptre" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (scepter, sceptre). |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Sceptre and the Mace (1957) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Its gaiety is of the thunderbolt, and its frolicking holds a sceptre. |
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| "Sceptre" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.30% of the time. "Sceptre" is used about 73 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 86.3% | 63 | 42,364 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.96% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (common) | 2.74% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 73 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Canada | Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd |
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Expression using "sceptre": wield the sceptre. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sceptre | 193 |
ireland sceptre | 69 |
sceptre tour | 55 |
sceptre monitor | 26 |
sceptre technology | 21 |
sceptre travel | 18 |
sceptre tour ireland | 8 |
sceptre x7sv | 7 |
driver sceptre | 7 |
sceptre lcd | 7 |
sceptre x9g | 7 |
sceptre hotel | 6 |
naga sceptre | 5 |
driver monitor sceptre | 5 |
sceptre x7 | 5 |
sceptre investment counsel | 5 |
sceptre lcd monitor | 4 |
sceptre komodo | 3 |
sceptre investment | 3 |
saskatchewan sceptre | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sceptre"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skeptër (baton, Mace, scepter, truncheon, wand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سلطة ملكية (scepter), صولجان (mace, rod, scepter, verge, wand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скиптър (ferula, scepter, warder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vláda (administration, governance, government, policy, reign, rule, state, sway), žezlo (scepter, truncheon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scepter (handhold stanchion, rail stanchion, stanchion), rijksstaf, rýksstaf. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sceptro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valtikka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sceptre (scepter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zepter (handhold stanchion, miter, rail stanchion, scepter, scepterUS, sceptreBrit, stanchion), Szepter (scepter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκήπτρο (scepter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקל תפאר" (wand), שבט (baton, clan, family, rod, stick, tribe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jogar (Mace, poker, scepter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scettro (scepter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lorg reill, lorg reeoil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eptrescay cetro (Mace, scepter, wand), autoridade (arm, authority, command, designated approving authority, domination, domino, energy, hand, majolica, mastership, mastery, potency, power, right, rod, scepter, warrant). (various references) sceptru (authority, crown, power, rod, scepter, sway), toiag de rege (scepter), conducere (administration, conduct, control, direction, directorate, driving, governance, government, guidance, helm, lead, leadership, leading, management, mastership, scepter, steerage, superintendence, sway), buzdugan (Mace, scepter). (various references) скипетр (scepter). (various references) skiptar (scepter), žezlo (mace, scepter). (various references) cetro (scepter). (various references) spira (germinate, mace, spire, sprout, standard, steeple, to germinate). (various references) คทา (mace, scepter), มอบคทาให้ (scepter). (various references) kraliyet asası (scepter), asa (baton, rod, scepter, staff, stick, wand). (various references) скіпетр (rod, scepter), верховна влада (empire, overrule, scepter, sovereignty, supremacy). (various references) quyền vua (scepter), quyền trượng ngôi vua (scepter), gậy quyền (mace, scepter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | sceptrum. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | mace. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ouk ekleiyei arcwn ex iouda kai hgoumenoV ek twn mhrwn autou ewV an elqh ta apokeimena autw kai autoV prosdokia eqnwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non auferetur sceptrum de Iuda et dux de femoribus eius donec veniat qui mittendus est et ipse erit expectatio gentium |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The septre fro Juda shal not be takun awey, and a duke fro the leende of hym, to the tyme that he come that is to be sent, and he shal be the abidynge of folk of kynde, byndynge to a vynyerd his colt, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The sceptre shall not departe from Iuda nor a ruelar from betwene his legges vntill Silo come vnto whome the people shall herken. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh shall come: and to him shall be the gathering of the people. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 10 |
| Bulgarian | Не ще липсва скиптър от Юда, Нито управителев жезъл отсред нозете му, "окле дойде Сило+; И нему ще се покоряват племената. |
| Cebuano | Ang cetro sa gahum dili pagakuhaon kang Juda, Ni ang barras sa pagkapangulo gikan sa taliwala sa iyang mga tiil, Hangtud nga moabut si Shilo; Ug maiya ang pagka-masinulondon sa mga katawohan. |
| Chinese | 圭 必 不 離 猶 大 、 杖 必 不 離 他 兩 腳 之 " 、 直 等 細 羅 " 就 是 賜 平 安 者 〕 來 到 、 萬 民 都 必 歸 。 |
| Croatian | Od Jude žezlo se kraljevsko, ni palica vladalaèka od nogu njegovih udaljiti neæe dok ne doðe onaj kome pripada - kome æe se narodi pokoriti. |
| Danish | Ikke viger Kongespir fra Juda, ej Herskerstav fra hans Fødder, til han, hvem den tilhører; kommer, ham skal Folkene lyde. |
| Dutch | De schepter zal van Juda niet wijken, noch de wetgever van tussen zijn voeten, totdat Silo komt, en Denzelven zullen de volken gehoorzaam zijn. |
| Finnish | Ei siirry valtikka pois Juudalta eikä hallitsijansauva hänen polviensa välistä, kunnes tulee hän, jonka se on ja jota kansat tottelevat. |
| French | Le sceptre ne s`éloignera point de Juda, Ni le bâton souverain d`entre ses pieds, Jusqu` ce que vienne le Schilo, Et que les peuples lui obéissent. |
| German | Es wird das Zepter von Juda nicht entwendet werden noch der Stab des Herrschers von seinen Füßen, bis daß der Held komme; und demselben werden die Völker anhangen. |
| Haitian Creole | Yo p'ap ka wete kòmandman an nan men Jida. Non. Baton kòmandman an p'ap soti nan mitan janm li, jouk tan moun tout pèp sou latè pral obeyi a va vini. |
| Hungarian | Nem múlik el Júdától a fejedelmi bot, sem a vezéri pálcza térdei közûl; míg eljõ Siló, és a népek néki engednek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Yehuda akan memegang tongkat kerajaan, keturunannya akan memerintah selama-lamanya. Bangsa-bangsa akan membawa upeti, dan sujud dengan takluk di hadapannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa tongkat kerajaan itu tiada akan undur dari pada Yehuda dan pemberi hukumpun tidak dari antara kakinya, sehingga datanglah Silo, maka kepadanyalah segala bangsa akan menurut. |
| Italian | Non sar tolto lo scettro da Giuda nè il bastone del comando tra i suoi piedi, finché verr colui al quale esso appartiene e a cui è dovuta l'obbedienza dei popoli. |
| Korean | 홀 이 다 를 나 지 아 니 하 며 치 리 자 의 지 팡 이 가 그 발 사 이 에 서 나 지 아 니 하 시 기 를 실 로 가 오 시 기 까 지 미 치 리 니 그 에 게 모 " 백 성 이 복 종 하 리 로 다 |
| Maori | E kore e riro ke te hepeta i a Hura, me te tokotoko o te kawana i waenganui o ona waewae, kia tae mai ra ano a Hiro; a ka rongo nga iwi katoa ki a ia. |
| Modern Greek | "εν θελει εκλειψει το σκηπτρον εκ του Ιουδα ουδε νομοθετης εκ μεσου των ποδων αυτου, εωσου ελθη ο Σηλω· και εις αυτον θελει εισθαι η υπακοη των λαων. |
| Norwegian | Ikke skal kongespir vike fra Juda, ikke herskerstav fra hans føtter, inntil fredsfyrsten kommer, og folkene blir ham lydige. |
| Portuguese | O cetro não se arredará de Jud , nem o bastão de autoridade dentre seus pés, até que venha aquele a quem pertence; e a ele obedecerão os povos. |
| Rumanian | Toiagul de domnie nu se va depqrta din Iuda, Nici toiagul de ckrmuire dintre picioarele lui, Pknq va veni Wilo, Wi de El vor asculta popoarele. |
| Russian | оЕ ПФПК"ЕФ УЛЙ ЕФТ ПФ йХ"Щ Й ЪБЛПОП"БФЕМШ ПФ ЮТЕУМ ЕЗП, "ПЛПМЕ ОЕ ТЙЙ"ЕФ рТЙНЙТЙФЕМШ, Й еНХ ПЛПТОПУФШ ОБТП"ПЧ. |
| Spanish | El cetro no será quitado de Judá, ni la vara de autoridad de entre sus pies, hasta que venga Siloh; y le obedecerán los pueblos. |
| Swedish | Spiran skall icke vika ifrån Juda, icke härskarstaven ifrån hans fötter, till dess han kommer till Silo* och folken bliva honom hörsamma. |
| Thai | ธารพระกรจะไม่ขา"ไปจากยู"าห์ หรือผู้ทรงตั้งพระราชบัญญัติจะไม่ขา"ไปจากหว่างเท้าของเขา จนกว่าชีโลห์จะมา และชนชาติทั้งหลายจะรวบรวมเข้ากับผู้นั้น |
| Ukrainian | Не відійметься берло від Юди, ані з його стегон законодавець, аж прийде Примиритель, що Йому буде послух народів. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sceptre": sceptred, sceptres. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sceptre" (pronounced se"pter or ske"pter) |
| 5 | s e" p t er | interceptor, receptor. |
| 3 | -p t er | adapter, adaptor, apter, captor, chapter, helicopter, lithotripter, raptor, sculptor, subchapter, sumpter, velociraptor. |
| 4 | -e" p t er | interceptor, receptor. |
| 3 | -p t er | adapter, adaptor, apter, captor, chapter, helicopter, lithotripter, raptor, sculptor, subchapter, sumpter, velociraptor. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: recepts, respect, scepter, specter, spectre. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: certes, creeps, crepes, erects, pester, peters, preset, recept, resect, secret, terces. | |
-2 letters: cepes, ceres, cetes, creep, crepe, crept, crest, erect, ester, peers, perse, peter, prees, prese, prest, reest, reset, scree, speer, spree, steep, steer, stere, strep, terce, terse, trees. | |
-3 letters: cees, cepe, ceps, cere, cete, erst, pecs, peer, pees, pert, pest, pets, pree, recs, rees, reps, rest, rete, rets, sect, seep, seer, sept, sere, spec, step, tees, tree. | |
-4 letters: cee, cep, ere, ers, pec, pee, per, pes, pet, rec, ree, rep, res, ret, sec, see, ser, set, tee. | |
-5 letters: er, es, et, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: crepiest, excerpts, percents, percepts, perfects, precents, precepts, prefects, prelects, receipts, respects, scepters, sceptred, sceptres, specters, spectres. | |
+2 letters: accepters, becarpets, cerotypes, copresent, creepiest, depicters, perfectas, perfectos, persecute, picketers, pocketers, praefects, praelects, precisest, preelects, preenacts, preerects, prentices, prescient, preselect, pretences, prosected, prosecute, reaccepts, recarpets, receptors, reinspect, repatches, respected, respecter, sceptered, supercute, tricepses. | |
+3 letters: archetypes, carpenters, cooperates, copresents, crepitates, deprecates, disrespect, epicenters, escarpment, excerpters, excerptors, imperfects, imprecates, intercepts, interspace, pacesetter, pederastic, percolates, perfecters, perfectest, persecuted, persecutee, persecutes, persecutor, preachiest, precedents, precentors, preceptors, predicates, preselects, princelets, procreates, prosecuted, prosecutes, prospected, puckeriest, putrescent, putrescine, recaptures, receptions, recipients, recomputes, reinspects, replicates, resculpted, respecters, respectful, respecting, respective, retrospect, sceptering, spermaceti, spirochete, waterscape. | |
+4 letters: afterpieces, altarpieces, appreciates, apprentices, carpentries, carpetweeds, champerties, ciphertexts, computerese, computerise, contretemps, copresented, copresident, counterpose, counterstep, crowstepped, ctenophores, depreciates, descriptive, disrespects, escarpments, excerptions, helicopters, heptarchies, hypocenters, interspaced, interspaces, lectureship, letterspace, masterpiece, nonreceipts, outpreaches, pacesetters, paresthetic, pearlescent, penetrances, pentarchies, percentages, percentiles, perceptions, percipients, perfections, perfectives, perfectness, persecutees, persecuting, persecution, persecutive, persecutors, persecutory, persistence, persistency, persnickety, perspective, pertinences, picturesque, pluperfects, preachments, precocities, precomputes, preconcerts, preconquest, predacities, prefectures, prelections, presciently, preselected, presentence, princeliest, projectiles, prospective, protectress, purtenances, putrescence, putrescible, putrescines, pycnometers, receptacles, recoupments, recuperates, reinspected, repentances, respectable, respectably, retrospects, spermacetis, spermatheca, spirochaete, spirochetes, stereoscope, stereoscopy, stereotypic, stockkeeper, streetscape, stringpiece, supercenter, supercities, superinfect, superjacent, supersecret, temperances, thermoscope, threepences, transpierce, waterscapes. | |
+5 letters: apothecaries, cataphoreses, centerpieces, clothespress, coleopterans, coleopterist, coleopterous, computereses, computerised, computerises, computerizes, computerless, cooperatives, copperplates, copresenting, copresidents, corecipients, corespondent, corporeities, counterpanes, counterpleas, counterpoise, counterposed, counterposes, counterspell, counterspies, countersteps, craftspeople, cyproterones, decrepitates, decrepitudes, deprecations, depreciators, disrespected, ectoparasite, electroscope, electrotypes, executorship, expectorants, expectorates, frontispiece, hyperactives, hypersthenic, inspectorate, intercepters, interceptors, interspecies, intraspecies, introspected, irrespective, lectureships, letterspaces, marketplaces, masterpieces, megaprojects, neuroleptics, overprotects, perchlorates, percutaneous, peripatetics, persecutions, persistences, perspectival, perspectives, pertinencies, photoreduces, phylacteries, plecopterans, postexercise, preceptories, precertifies, preciosities, precipitates, precomputers, prediabetics, predicaments, preelections, preexistence, prepotencies, prepubescent, prescriptive, preselecting, preselection, presentenced, presentences, prestructure, prevaricates, procurements, prosecutable, prospectuses, protectories, psychrometer, putrescences, receptionist, reciprocates, reduplicates, reinspecting, reinspection, replacements, respectables, respectfully, respectively, retrospected, sculptresses, spectrometer, spectrometry, spectroscope, speechwriter, spermathecae, spermatocyte, sphericities, spirochaetes, stepchildren, stereophonic, stereopticon, stereoscopes, stereoscopic, stockkeepers, streetscapes, streptomyces, stringpieces, superbitches, supercabinet, supercenters, supercluster, supercurrent, superinfects, supersecrets, therapeutics, thermoscopes, transparence, transpierced, transpierces, ultraprecise, urethroscope. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 65 70 74 72 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. . .--. - .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c e p t r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0065 0070 0074 0072 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53697182868471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Bible Trace 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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