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Lexicon :: Strong's H7287 - rāḏâ

Aa
רָדָה
Transliteration
rāḏâ
Pronunciation
raw-daw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2121,2122

Strong’s Definitions

רָדָה râdâh, raw-daw'; a primitive root; to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off:—(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H7287 in the following manner: rule (13x), dominion (9x), take (2x), prevaileth (1x), reign (1x), ruler (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H7287 in the following manner: rule (13x), dominion (9x), take (2x), prevaileth (1x), reign (1x), ruler (1x).

  1. to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down

    1. (Qal) to have dominion, rule, subjugate

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to dominate

  2. to scrape out

    1. (Qal) to scrape, scrape out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָדָה râdâh, raw-daw'; a primitive root; to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off:—(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.
STRONGS H7287: Abbreviations
† I. [רָדָה] verb have dominion, rule, dominate (Late Hebrew רָדָה, TargumJon רָדָא, chastise; Arabic bdb092110 tread, trample; Syriac bdb092111 chastise, also (and so Assyrian radû) go, flow); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural consecutive וְרָדוּ Isaiah 14:2; Leviticus 26:17; 2nd person masculine plural רְדִיתֶם Ezekiel 34:4; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יִרְדֶּנּוּ Leviticus 25:53, וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּה Lamentations 1:13, jussive וְיֵרְדְּ Numbers 24:19; Psalm 72:8; 2nd person masculine singular תִּרְדֶּה Leviticus 25:43, 46, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְדֵה Lev 110:2; masculine plural רְדוּ Genesis 1:28 (Joel 4:13 see ירד); Infinitive construct רְדוֺת Ezekiel 29:15; Participle רֹדֶת 1 Kings 5:4; Isaiah 14:6; suffix רֹדֵם Psalm 68:28; plural הָדֹדִים 1 Kings 5:30 [1 Kings 5:16] + 2 times; — have dominion, rule, over, usually with ב person or pop. 1 Kings 5:4; 1 Kings 5:30 [1 Kings 5:16]; 1 Kings 9:23 2 Chronicles 8:10; Isaiah 14:2; Leviticus 25:43, 46, 53; Leviticus 26:17; Ezekiel 29:15; Nehemiah 9:28; Psalm 49:15; ב of fish, etc., Genesis 1:26, 28; בְּקֶרֶב Psalm 110:2; with accusative of person Ezekiel 34:4; Isaiah 14:6 (perhaps + accusative of congnate meaning with verb, see [מִרְדָּה] below); accusative omitted Numbers 24:19 (מִיַעֲקֹב), Jeremiah 5:31 (+ עַליְֿדֵיהֶם, see יָד 5h (2); see also ingenious conjecture below II. רדה; but < Gr יוֺרוּ teach), Psalm 72:8; for וַיִרְדֶּנָּה Lamentations 1:13 and it (the fire) prevailed against them (my bones), read perhaps יָרָ֑דָה into my bones it descended (Bu). — רֹדֵם Psalm 68:28 is dubious; Grill Hup-Now Che Du קִדֵם. יְרַד Judges 5:13 (twice in verse) see יָרַד.
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וּמְלָכִים יַרְדְּ Isaiah 41:2 and kings he causeth (him) to dominate; but apocopatic form strange, read יָרֹד (√ רדד which see. Ew Di Du; יַחֲרִד Greek Version of the LXX Klo Che.

† II. רָדָה verb scrape out (Late Hebrew id., scrape or draw off, out (bread from oven)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הַדְּבָ֑שׁ ר׳ Judges 14:9b out of the carcass he scraped the honey (see GFM); suffix אֶל־כַּפָּיו וַיִרְדֵּהוּ Judges 14:9a he scraped it out into his palms; BuhlLex Du also עַליְֿדֵיהֶם ר׳ Jeremiah 5:31, namely, gifts, money, figurative for making gain (most I. רדה which see).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:26; 1:28; 1:28

Leviticus

25:43; 25:43; 25:46; 25:46; 25:53; 25:53; 26:17; 26:17

Numbers

24:19; 24:19

Judges

5:13; 14:9; 14:9

1 Kings

5:4; 5:4; 5:16; 5:16; 9:23

2 Chronicles

8:10

Nehemiah

9:28

Psalms

49:15; 68:28; 68:28; 72:8; 72:8; 110:2

Isaiah

14:2; 14:2; 14:6; 14:6; 41:2

Jeremiah

5:31; 5:31

Lamentations

1:13; 1:13

Ezekiel

29:15; 29:15; 34:4; 34:4

H7287

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Strong's Number H7287 matches the Hebrew רָדָה (rāḏâ),
which occurs 27 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:43 - Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46 - And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53 - And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19 - And Israel will go on in strength, and Jacob will have rule over his haters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - Then the chiefs went down to the doors; the Lord's people went down among the strong ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23 - These were the chiefs of the overseers of Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, in authority over the people who did the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - Now these were the chief men in authority whom King Solomon had: two hundred and fifty of them, in authority over the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you gave them salvation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 - There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:2 - The Lord will send out the rod of your strength from Zion; be king over your haters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And the people will take them with them to their place: and the children of Israel will give them a heritage in the Lord's land as men-servants and women-servants, making them prisoners whose prisoners they were; and they will be rulers over their masters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - He whose rod was on the peoples with an unending wrath, ruling the nations in passion, with an uncontrolled rule.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 - Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31 - The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:13 - From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15 - It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and never again will it be lifted up over the nations: I will make them small, so that they may not have rule over the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:4 - You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.
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