Words the Bible translates as rule
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 18 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- basileuōβασιλεύωto reign as king: to hold the throne and exercise royal power over others
- archōἄρχωto rule, to be first in authority over others
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- to begin, to start doing something
- mashalמָשַׁלto rule: to hold and actively exercise authority over someone or something
- poimainōποιμαίνωto act as a shepherd toward: to feed, guard, lead and govern those in one's charge
- atsarעָצַרto hold back: to restrain, stop, or shut something in so it cannot move, flow, or get out
- radahרָדָהto rule, exercise dominion: to hold and exercise authoritative control as a sovereign, king, or appointed governor
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- to scrape out: to draw or extract something by pressing or pulling
- memshalahמֶמְשָׁלָהrule or dominion: the authority to govern, and the realm over which it is exercised
- proistēmiπροΐστημιto be in charge of something and look after it: to lead, to manage, to take the lead in
- ba'alבָּעַלto become someone's lord and owner: to take a woman as one's wife (and so be her husband), or to hold people under one's rule
- sholtanשׇׁלְטָןsovereign power to rule: the authority a king or God holds over a realm and its people.
- tsavצַוa curt order: a short, clipped command laid on someone, one rule barked out after another
- kanōnκανώνrulenot studied yet
- sheletשְׁלֵטto have power over someone or something: to rule a province or a kingdom, to get the better of a victim, or to place another person in charge.
- razanרָזַןto rulenot studied yet
- sararשָׂרַרto hold and exercise the authority of a chief: to govern as one placed in command over others
- brabeuōβραβεύωto rulenot studied yet
- katexousiazōκατεξουσιάζωto exercise authority over people: to rule others, in both its uses picturing the heavy-handed, top-down way worldly rulers throw their weight around
- mishtarמִשְׁטָרrulenot studied yet
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