Word

רָדַד

râdad · H7286 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to overlay

Causative action by which humans cover an object with a thin layer of a certain material

Examples
1 Kings 6:32 So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he overlaid the cherubim and the palm trees with gold.
to subdue

Literally: to tread underfoot; hence: causative action by which humans or, by extension, deities use force to bring (other) humans and areas under their authority and control

Examples
Psalm 144:2 My faithfulness and my fortress, My stronghold and my savior, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
Isaiah 41:2 “Who has stirred one from the east Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet? He turns nations over to him And subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, Like the wind-driven chaff with his bow.
Isaiah 45:1 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right hand, To subdue nations before him And to undo the weapons belt on the waist of kings; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

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

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 2
Not stated (infinitive) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

גּוֹיnation, people 1
זָהָבgold 1
מֶלֶךְking 1
עַםpeople 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

תַּחַתunder, below, instead of+ נִיme 1
לto/for+ פָּנִיםface, presence, before 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 2 words

כָּבַשׁ kâbash · H3533 · to be subdued, to subdue, to subjugate: Hebrew verb for subduing or bringing into subjection, overlapping with the 'subdue' sense of רָדַד
פָּרַשׂ pâras · H6566 · to spread out: Hebrew verb for spreading or spreading out, overlapping with the 'spread' sense of רָדַד

In the other Testament 1 word

δαμάζω damázō · G1150 · to control, to bring under control, to hold in check: Greek verb for subduing or taming, matching the 'subdue' sense of רָדַד

Semantic domains 2 entries

Cover002003001005: The word's "overlay, spread" sense is directly illustrated by the temple doors carved with cherubim and "overlaid...with gold" (1 Kings 6:32).
Control002003002007: The word's "subdue" sense is directly illustrated by God who "subdues my people under me" (Psalm 144:2) and Cyrus called to subdue nations and kings before him (Isaiah 41:2, 45:1).

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

רָדַדrâdad · H7286רָדִיד râdîyd · H7289 · veil, cape, shawl · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7286. radad [רָדַד] verb beat out, figurative beat down, subdue (Late Hebrew Pi`el stamp…

H7286. radad
[רָדַד] verb beat out, figurative beat down, subdue (Late Hebrew Pi`el stamp or beat down, make flat, spread out; רְדַד ᵑ7 beat out; compare probably Arabic repel, reject (NöM 75); Assyrian radâdu is pursue (rare)); —
Qal, figurative, beat down: Infinitive construct גּוֺיִם לְפָנָיו לְרַד Isa 45:1; Participle active תַּחְתָּ֑י עַמִּי הָרוֺדֵד Psa 144:2; — so also Imperfect יָרֹד Isa 41:2 accusative Ew and others (for יַרְדְּ ᵑ0, see I. רדה Hiph`il). — Jdg 19:11 read יָרַד.
Hiph`il literally beat out: Imperfect3masculine singular אֶתהַֿזָּהָב ֗֗֗ עַלהַֿכְּרוּבִים וַיָּ֫רֶד 1Ki 6:32 and beat out the gold upon the cherubim (covered them with beaten gold).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

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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