Control
(1) to have control over someone else (State/Process), (2) to put oneself in control of someone else (Action), and (3) to put someone else in control of someone (Causative)
Meanings in this domain
Only occurrences with this meaning are counted, so a word counts only where it carries it.
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Grouped by grammar
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1,452 occurrences in 215 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 297
- Not stated: they 131
- Not stated: you (one person) 102
- Not stated: I 90
- Not stated (infinitive) 74
- Not stated (participle) 72
- Other words · 151 groups that occur once or twice (196) 196
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
752 occurrences in 262 groups
- הֶםthem 97
- וֹhim 68
- הָher 48
- אִישׁman, person, each 31
- בֵּןson 29
- עַםpeople 27
- Other words · 189 groups that occur once or twice (235) 235
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
10 occurrences in 4 groups
- חַיalive, living 7
- מֶלֶךְking 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- אָשָׁםguilt offering, guilt 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
892 occurrences in 321 groups
- בin/on/with+ יָדhand, power 179
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of+ וֹhim 70
- בin/on/with+ יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםJerusalem 48
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ כִּסֵּאthrone, seat 47
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 41
- בin/on/with+ שָׁנֶהyear 33
- Other words · 254 groups that occur once or twice (301) 301
With adverbsAdverbs
54 occurrences in 11 groups
- לֹאnot 25
- שָׁםthere 12
- אַלnot, do not 6
- עוֹדstill, again, yet 5
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
646 occurrences in 145 groups
- הוּhis 86
- ךָyour 63
- יmy 48
- מֶלֶךְking 38
- הֶםtheir 36
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 30
- Other words · 102 groups that occur once or twice (122) 122
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
22 occurrences in 23 groups
- Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (28) 28
Named alongside itApposition
32 occurrences in 25 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 4
- Other words · 24 groups that occur once or twice (29) 29
What it doesIt is the subject
48 occurrences in 33 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 5
- יְהַבdeliver 5
- חָזַקto be strong, to strengthen 3
- כּוּןto establish, to prepare 3
- Other words · 29 groups that occur once or twice (33) 33
What is done to itIt is the object
132 occurrences in 49 groups
- אָמַרto say 18
- הָיָהto be, to become 7
- רָאָהto see 7
- יָדַעto know 6
- כּוּןto establish, to prepare 6
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 6
- Other words · 35 groups that occur once or twice (45) 45
Second object ofSecond object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- יָדַעto know 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
What it is said to bePredicate
30 occurrences in 27 groups
- דּוֹרgeneration 4
- דָּרgeneration 4
- אַיִןthere is no, not 4
- Other words · 24 groups that occur once or twice (31) 31
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
38 occurrences in 39 groups
- בֵּןson 3
- הֵםthey, them 3
- שְׁלִישִׁיthird 3
- Other words · 36 groups that occur once or twice (39) 39
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
715 occurrences in 13 groups
- בin/on/with 654
- מִןfrom 275
- לto/for 144
- עַלon, upon, over, against 47
- אֵלto, toward 12
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 9
- Other words · 4 groups that occur once or twice (6) 6
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
47 occurrences in 27 groups
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 6
- רֵאשִׁיתbeginning, first, best 5
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 4
- בַּיִתhouse, household 3
- כִּסֵּאthrone, seat 3
- Other words · 22 groups that occur once or twice (26) 26
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Sources
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.