Words the Bible translates as rule over
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kurieuōκυριεύωto be lord or master of; to hold dominion over someone or something
- 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
- shalatשָׁלַטto have the upper hand: to hold real power over a person or a thing, or to hand that power to someone
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