מִשְׁטָר
mishṭâr · H4896 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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authority, control
State in which one entity has control over another entity
ExamplesJob 38:33 “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or do you establish their rule over the earth?
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּhis 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 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 3 words
- מֶמְשָׁלָה memshâlâh · H4475 · rule, dominion, ruler
- Common Hebrew noun for dominion, rule, or realm; semantically interchangeable with the target in contexts denoting governmental authority or territorial control
- שׇׁלְטָן sholṭân · H7985 · dominion
- Hebrew/Aramaic noun denoting dominion or sovereignty; used particularly in later biblical texts for governmental authority and rule
- מַמְלָכָה mamlâkâh · H4467 · kingship, kingdom, realm
- Common Hebrew noun for kingdom or dominion; can substitute for the target when referring to the sphere or extent of rule
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἐξουσία exousía · G1849 · authority to rule, right to control, jurisdiction
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew terms denoting dominion, authority, or rule; frequently used in LXX for Hebrew governance vocabulary
- κυριότης kyriótēs · G2963 · ruling power, power, authority
- More specialized Greek term specifically denoting dominion or lordship, semantically very close to the target's sense of dominion
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Control002003002007
- The word denotes dominion, matching its own gloss and describing authority exercised over others.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4896. mishtar [מִשְׁטָר] noun masculine rule, authority; — suffix מִשְׁטָרוֺ Job 38:33…
[מִשְׁטָר] noun masculine rule, authority; — suffix מִשְׁטָרוֺ Job 38:33 (of heavens over earth).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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