מִמְשָׁל
mimshâl · H4474 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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rule, dominion
State in which humans are in a high position of authority over others
ExamplesDaniel 11:3 “And a mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.
Daniel 11:5 “Then the king of the South will grow strong, along with one of his princes who will gain ascendancy over him and rule; his domain will be a great realm indeed.
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ruler
A person who is in a high position of authority over others
Examples1 Chronicles 26:6 Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were valiant mighty men.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַבmany, great 2
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בֵּןson 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מֶמְשָׁלָהrule 1
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- שׇׁלְטָן sholṭân · H7985 · dominion
- Hebrew noun meaning dominion/rule/power, lexically distinct root (שׁלט vs. משׁל) but overlapping semantic field; both denote abstract sphere of rule
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐξουσία exousía · G1849 · authority to rule, right to control, jurisdiction
- Greek noun meaning authority/dominion, standard LXX rendering for Hebrew dominion concepts; directly equivalent to מִמְשָׁל's sense of rule/dominion
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Control002003002007
- מִמְשָׁל denotes dominion or ruling authority, as when Daniel describes a mighty king who arises and rules with great authority, doing as he pleases.
- Leaders001001003005
- מִמְשָׁל can also denote the rulers themselves, the men who exercise dominion, as with the sons of Shemaiah who ruled over their father's house.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4474. mimshal מִמְשָׁל noun [masculine] dominion, ruler (late); — absolute ׳מ Dan 11:3,…
מִמְשָׁל noun [masculine] dominion, ruler (late); — absolute ׳מ Dan 11:3, Dan 11:5; plural הַמִּמְשָׁלִים 1Ch 26:6; —
1 ׳מ רב great dominion Dan 11:3 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with מָשַׁל), Dan 11:5 (predicate of מֶמְשַׁלְתּוֺ).
2 abstract for concrete (plural) = rulers 1Ch 26:6 (? read הַמּשְׁלִים).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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