מֹשֶׁל
môshel · mo'-shel
empire; a parallel
Lexicon
Derivation: (1) from H4910 (מָשַׁל); (2) from H4911 (מָשַׁל);
empire; a parallel
- empire
- a parallel
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dominion, like.
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 מֹשֶׁל 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- there is not his like1 · 33%
- nor according to his dominion1 · 33%
- and his dominion1 · 33%
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.