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Lexicon :: Strong's H4910 - māšal

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מָשַׁל
Transliteration
māšal
Pronunciation
maw-shal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1259

Strong’s Definitions

מָשַׁל mâshal, maw-shal'; a primitive root; to rule:—(have, make to have) dominion, governor, × indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 81x

The KJV translates Strong's H4910 in the following manner: rule (38x), ruler (19x), reign (8x), dominion (7x), governor (4x), ruled over (2x), power (2x), indeed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 81x
The KJV translates Strong's H4910 in the following manner: rule (38x), ruler (19x), reign (8x), dominion (7x), governor (4x), ruled over (2x), power (2x), indeed (1x).

  1. to rule, have dominion, reign

    1. (Qal) to rule, have dominion

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to rule

      2. to exercise dominion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָשַׁל mâshal, maw-shal'; a primitive root; to rule:—(have, make to have) dominion, governor, × indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
STRONGS H4910: Abbreviations
† III. מָשַׁל verb rule, have dominion, reign (Late Hebrew Participle id.; Phoenician משל); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וּמָשַׁל consecutive Zechariah 6:13 + 2 times, מָשָׁ֑ל Daniel 11:4, וּמָשָׁ֑ל consecutive Daniel 11:5; 3rd person feminine singular מָשָׁ֑לָה Psalm 103:19; 2nd person masculine singular מָשַׁלְתָּ Isaiah 63:19, וּמָשַׁלְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 15:16; 3rd person plural מָֽשְׁלוּ Isaiah 3:5; Lamentations 5:8; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִמְשֹׁל Exodus 21:8 + 3 times, יִמְשׁוֺל Proverbs 22:7; יִמְשָׁלֿ Genesis 3:16, etc.; Imperative מְשָׁלֿ Judges 8:22; Infinitive absolute מָשׁוֹל Genesis 37:8; construct מְשֹׁל Judges 9:2 +, לִמְשָׁלֿ Joel 2:17, etc.; Participle Genesis 45:26 +, etc.; —
1. human subject,rule, have dominion over (בְּ) Genesis 3:16; Genesis 4:7; Genesis 24:2 (all J), Genesis 45:8, 26 (E), מָשׁוֺל תִּמְשֹׁל ב׳ Genesis 37:8 (E); Deuteronomy 15:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 12:5 (D); Judges 8:22, 23 (twice in verse); Judges 9:2 (twice in verse); Judges 14:4; Judges 15:11; 2 Samuel 23:3 (Participle absolute = when one ruleth, compare Dr), 1 Kings 5:1; 2 Chronicles 7:18; 9:26; 23:20; Isaiah 3:4, 12; Isaiah 19:4; Micah 5:2; Habakkuk 1:14; Jeremiah 22:30; Lamentations 5:8; Joel 2:17; Proverbs 16:32 (משֵׁל בְּרוּחוֺ), Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 22:7; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 105:21; Psalm 106:41; Daniel 11:43; Ecclesiastes 9:17; rarely other prepositions: ל (with infinitive) Exodus 21:8 (E); עַלֿ Proverbs 28:15; Nehemiah 9:37, אֶלֿ Jeremiah 33:26; with suffix Isaiah 52:5; Jeremiah 30:21; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מִמְשָׁל רָ֑ב מ׳ Daniel 11:3, 4; מָשַׁל מִן ֗֗֗ וְעַד Joshua 12:2 (D); absolute 2 Samuel 23:3 (compare Dr), Ezekiel 19:14; Zechariah 6:13 (עַל location), Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 29:2; Daniel 11:5; especially Participle as substantive = ruler, משֵׁלאֶֿרֶץ Isaiah 16:1, משֵׁל עַמִּים Psalm 105:20; absolute Isaiah 14:5; Isaiah 49:7; Jeremiah 51:46 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 19:11; Proverbs 6:7; Proverbs 23:1; Proverbs 29:12, 26; Ecclesiastes 10:4; משְׁלֵי הָעָם הַזֶה Isaiah 28:14.
2. of heavenly bodies, with בְּ Genesis 1:18.
3. of God, with בְּ Judges 8:23; Isaiah 63:19; Psalm 22:29; Psalm 59:14; Psalm 89:10; Psalm 103:19; 1 Chronicles 29:12; 2 Chronicles 20:6; absolute Psalm 66:7; לוֺ זּזְרֹעוֺ מ׳ Isaiah 40:10 his arm ruling for him.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix consecutive וְהִמְשִׁילָם Daniel 11:39; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ Psalm 8:7; Infinitive absolute הַמְשֵׁל Job 25:2; — cause to rule,, followed by accusative of person + בְּ Psalm 8:7 (subject י׳), Daniel 11:39; exercise dominion, only infinitive absolute as noun abstract the exercise of dominion Job 25:2 (attribute of God).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:18; 3:16; 3:16; 4:7; 24:2; 37:8; 37:8; 45:8; 45:26; 45:26

Exodus

21:8; 21:8

Deuteronomy

15:6; 15:16

Joshua

12:2; 12:5

Judges

8:22; 8:22; 8:23; 8:23; 9:2; 9:2; 14:4; 15:11

2 Samuel

23:3; 23:3

1 Kings

5:1

1 Chronicles

29:12

2 Chronicles

7:18; 9:26; 20:6; 23:20

Nehemiah

9:37

Job

25:2; 25:2

Psalms

8:7; 8:7; 19:14; 22:29; 59:14; 66:7; 89:10; 103:19; 103:19; 105:20; 105:21; 106:41

Proverbs

6:7; 9:10; 12:24; 16:32; 17:21; 22:7; 22:7; 23:1; 28:15; 29:2; 29:12; 29:26

Ecclesiastes

9:17; 10:4

Isaiah

3:4; 3:5; 3:12; 14:5; 16:1; 19:4; 28:14; 40:10; 49:7; 52:5; 63:19; 63:19

Jeremiah

22:30; 30:21; 33:26; 51:46

Lamentations

5:8; 5:8

Ezekiel

19:11; 19:14

Daniel

11:3; 11:4; 11:4; 11:5; 11:5; 11:39; 11:39; 11:43

Joel

2:17; 2:17

Micah

5:2

Habakkuk

1:14

Zechariah

6:13; 6:13

H4910

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4910 matches the Hebrew מָשַׁל (māšal),
which occurs 82 times in 74 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 1:18–Isa 3:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:16 - To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.
Your desire shall be contrary to[fn] your husband,
but he shall rule over you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:7 - If you do well, will you not be accepted?[fn] And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to[fn] you, but you must rule over it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26 - And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - If she does not please her master, who has designated her[fn] for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:6 - For the LORD your God will bless you, as he promised you, and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow, and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the middle of the valley as far as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, that is, half of Gilead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:22 - Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:23 - Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:4 - His father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD, for he was seeking an opportunity against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so have I done to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 - The God of Israel has spoken;
the Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling in the fear of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:21 - [fn] Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates[fn] to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:12 - Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:18 - then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to rule Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - And he ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates[fn] to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:6 - and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they set the king on the royal throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - And its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:2 - “Dominion and fear are with God;[fn]
he makes peace in his high heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:6 - You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless,
and innocent of great transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:28 - For kingship belongs to the LORD,
and he rules over the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13 - consume them in wrath;
consume them till they are no more,
that they may know that God rules over Jacob
to the ends of the earth. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7 - who rules by his might forever,
whose eyes keep watch on the nations—
let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you still them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:19 - The LORD has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:20 - The king sent and released him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:21 - he made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:41 - he gave them into the hand of the nations,
so that those who hated them ruled over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:7 - Without having any chief,
officer, or ruler,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24 - The hand of the diligent will rule,
while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 - Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2 - A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully
and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:10 - It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
much less for a slave to rule over princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7 - The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:1 - When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
observe carefully what[fn] is before you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:2 - When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:12 - If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:26 - Many seek the face of a ruler,
but it is from the LORD that a man gets justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:4 - If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place,
for calmness[fn] will lay great offenses to rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:4 - And I will make boys their princes,
and infants[fn] shall rule over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - My people—infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up[fn] the course of your paths.

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