TBESH · H4910
מָשַׁל · ma.shal · to rule
1) to rule, have dominion, reign 1a) (Qal) to rule, have dominion 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to rule 1b2) to exercise dominion
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ma.shal H4910
מָשַׁל (ma.shal) means “to rule” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מָשַׁל Hebrew · H4910 81 tagged occurrences in 74 verses
Pronunciation guide: maw-shal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to rule
KJV glosses: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, [idiom] indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
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How translators render H4910
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| rule | 10 |
| ruler | 5 |
| will rule | 4 |
| he ruled | 3 |
| the rulers | 3 |
| ruled | 2 |
| rules | 2 |
| to rule | 2 |
| a ruler | 1 |
| a rulers | 1 |
| an object of scorn | 1 |
| and he rules | 1 |
| and he who controls | 1 |
| and of ruler | 1 |
| and rule | 1 |
| and ruler | 1 |
| and their ruler | 1 |
| and they rule | 1 |
| and will rule | 1 |
| are the ruler | 1 |
| but be ruled | 1 |
| dominion | 1 |
| establishes his rule | 1 |
| fit for a rulers | 1 |
| he reigned | 1 |
| he rules | 1 |
| he who rules | 1 |
| he will gain control | 1 |
| if a ruler | 1 |
| is ruler | 1 |
| making them rulers | 1 |
| must master | 1 |
| not rule | 1 |
| of a ruler | 1 |
| of rulers | 1 |
| of the rulers | 1 |
| or ruler | 1 |
| or to rule | 1 |
| reigned | 1 |
| right | 1 |
| rulers | 1 |
| shall rule | 1 |
| the ruler | 1 |
| those who rule them | 1 |
| to preside over | 1 |
| to the ruler | 1 |
| were ruling | 1 |
| who managed | 1 |
| who rule | 1 |
| who rules | 1 |
| who will rule | 1 |
| will | 1 |
| will rule over | 1 |
| will you actually rule | 1 |
| you made him ruler | 1 |
| you will rule | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shall rule | 4 |
| rule | 3 |
| ruler | 3 |
| ruleth | 3 |
| reign | 2 |
| rulers | 2 |
| above him and have dominion | 1 |
| against ruler | 1 |
| also they have dominion | 1 |
| and a ruler | 1 |
| and he reigned | 1 |
| and he shall cause them to rule | 1 |
| and he shall rule | 1 |
| and he that ruleth | 1 |
| and reigned | 1 |
| and rule | 1 |
| and ruler | 1 |
| and rulest | 1 |
| and ruling | 1 |
| and the governors | 1 |
| and thou reignest | 1 |
| and thou shalt reign | 1 |
| and thou shalt rule | 1 |
| and to rule | 1 |
| barest rule | 1 |
| beareth rule | 1 |
| but he shall have power | 1 |
| but they shall not reign | 1 |
| dominion | 1 |
| governor | 1 |
| had dominion | 1 |
| have dominion | 1 |
| have ruled | 1 |
| he ruleth | 1 |
| he shall have no power | 1 |
| if a ruler | 1 |
| let them not have dominion | 1 |
| no ruler | 1 |
| of him that ruleth | 1 |
| of rulers | 1 |
| of the ruler | 1 |
| of the rulers | 1 |
| of them that bare rule | 1 |
| or ruler | 1 |
| over us or shalt thou indeed | 1 |
| reigned | 1 |
| ruled | 1 |
| ruling | 1 |
| shall be of themselves and their governor | 1 |
| shall bear rule | 1 |
| shall have rule | 1 |
| should rule over | 1 |
| that rule | 1 |
| that ruled over | 1 |
| that shall rule | 1 |
| the governor | 1 |
| the ruler | 1 |
| the rulers | 1 |
| them ruled | 1 |
| they that rule | 1 |
| thou madest him to have dominion | 1 |
| thou rulest | 1 |
| to be ruler | 1 |
| to have rule | 1 |
| to me he that ruleth | 1 |
| to rule | 1 |
| to the ruler | 1 |
| unto them i will not rule | 1 |
| which he ruled | 1 |
| with a ruler | 1 |
Verses containing H4910
Page 1 of 2. 74 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 1:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Read word by word - Genesis 3:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Read word by word - Genesis 4:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
Read word by word - Genesis 24:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
Read word by word - Genesis 37:8
· BSB · 2 occurrences
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
Read word by word - Genesis 45:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Read word by word - Genesis 45:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
Read word by word - Exodus 21:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 15:6
· BSB · 2 occurrences
When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.
Read word by word - Joshua 12:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
Read word by word - Joshua 12:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Read word by word - Judges 8:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
Read word by word - Judges 8:23
· BSB · 3 occurrences
But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
Read word by word - Judges 9:2
· BSB · 2 occurrences
“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
Read word by word - Judges 14:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
Read word by word - Judges 15:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 23:3
· BSB · 2 occurrences
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
Read word by word - 1 Kings 4:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.1
- 1 Chronicles 29:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 7:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 9:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 20:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 23:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:37
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
Read word by word - Job 25:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.
Read word by word - Psalms 8:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 8.7
- Psalms 19:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.14
- Psalms 22:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.29
- Psalms 59:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.14
- Psalms 66:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 89:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.10
- Psalms 103:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
Read word by word - Psalms 105:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
Read word by word - Psalms 105:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
Read word by word - Psalms 106:41
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
Read word by word - Proverbs 6:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
Read word by word - Proverbs 12:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
Read word by word - Proverbs 16:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
Read word by word - Proverbs 17:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
Read word by word - Proverbs 19:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
Read word by word - Proverbs 22:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Read word by word - Proverbs 23:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
Read word by word - Proverbs 28:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
Read word by word - Proverbs 29:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Read word by word - Proverbs 29:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Read word by word - Proverbs 29:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 9:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 10:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Read word by word - Isaiah 3:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 3:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
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