מָשַׁל
mâshal · maw-shal'
to rule
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to rule
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, [idiom] indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָשַׁל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
81 occurrences · 81 OT · 0 NT · 63 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall rule4 · 12%
- ruleth3 · 9%
- rule3 · 9%
- reign2 · 6%
- ruler2 · 6%
- he shall have no power1 · 3%
- and a ruler1 · 3%
- and he shall rule1 · 3%
- have dominion1 · 3%
- had dominion1 · 3%
- reigned1 · 3%
- and he is governor1 · 3%
- over us? or shalt thou indeed1 · 3%
- and thou shalt reign1 · 3%
- and reigned1 · 3%
- and ruled1 · 3%
- but they shall not reign1 · 3%
- unto them, i will not rule1 · 3%
- that ruled over1 · 3%
- are rulers1 · 3%
- to me, he that ruleth1 · 3%
- ruling1 · 3%
- and thou shalt rule1 · 3%
- and thou reignest1 · 3%
- and to rule1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.