A long wooden stick with a metal tip used to drive animals.
About Goad
Pointed rod, sometimes tipped with metal, used for driving or guiding cattle, especially oxen in plowing.
Key References
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.
The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
All Scripture References (3)
Judges (1)
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
1 Samuel (1)
The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.
Ecclesiastes (1)
The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.