Strong's Lexicon

H4910

H4910 — מָשַׁל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewmashalverbOccurrences: 82TWOT: 1258

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4910
Word:מָשַׁל
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:82
Transliteration:mashal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-shal'
Meaning:1. to rule
KJV Renderings:(have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.

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III. מָשַׁל verb rule, have dominion, reign (Late Hebrew Participle id.; Phoenician משל); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular וּמָשַׁל consecutive Zech 6:13 + 2 t., מָשָׁ֑ל Dan 11:4, וּמָשָׁ֑ל consecutive Dan 11:5 3 feminine singular מָשָׁ֑לָה Ps 103:19 2 masculine singular מָשַׁלְתָּ Isa 63:19, וּמָשַׁלְתָּ֫ Deut 15:16 3 plural מָֽשְׁלוּ Isa 3:5; Lam 5:8 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִמְשֹׁל Exod 21:8 + 3 t., יִמְשׁוֺל Prov 22:7 יִמְשָׁלֿ Gen 3:16, etc.; Imperative מְשָׁלֿ Judg 8:22 Infinitive absolute מָשׁוֹל Gen 37:8 construct מְשֹׁל Judg 9:2 +, לִמְשָׁלֿ Joel 2:17, etc.; Participle Gen 45:26 +, etc.; —
1. human subject,rule, have dominion over (בְּ) Gen 3:16; Gen 4:7; Gen 24:2 (all J ), Gen 45:8 ; Gen 45:26 ( E ), ׳ מָשׁוֺל תִּמְשֹׁל ב Gen 37:8 ( E ); Deut 15:6 (twice in verse); Josh 12:5 ( D ); Judg 8:22 ; Judg 8:23 (twice in verse); Judg 9:2 (twice in verse); Judg 14:4; Judg 15:11; 2Sam 23:3 (Participle absolute = when one ruleth, compare Dr), 1Kgs 5:1; 2Chr 7:18; 2Chr 9:26; 2Chr 23:20; Isa 3:4; Isa 3:12; Isa 19:4; Mic 5:2; Hab 1:14; Jer 22:30; Lam 5:8; Joel 2:17; Prov 16:32 (משֵׁל בְּרוּחוֺ), Prov 17:21; Prov 9:10; Prov 22:7; Ps 19:14; Ps 105:21; Ps 106:41; Dan 11:43; Eccl 9:17 rarely other prepositions: ל (c. infinitive) Exod 21:8 ( E ); עַלֿ Prov 28:15 ; Neh 9:37, אֶלֿ Jer 33:26 with suffix Isa 52:5 ; Jer 30:21 with accusative of cognate meaning with verb מִמְשָׁל רָ֑ב ׳ מ Dan 11:3; Dan 11:4 מָשַׁל מִן ֗֗֗ וְעַד Josh 12:2 ( D ); absolute 2Sam 23:3 (compare Dr), Ezek 19:14; Zech 6:13 (עַל location), Prov 12:24; Prov 29:2; Dan 11:5 especially Participle as substantive = ruler, משֵׁלאֶֿרֶץ Isa 16:1, משֵׁל עַמִּים Ps 105:20 absolute Isa 14:5 ; Isa 49:7; Jer 51:46 (twice in verse); Ezek 19:11; Prov 6:7; Prov 23:1; Prov 29:12; Prov 29:26; Eccl 10:4 משְׁלֵי הָעָם הַזֶה Isa 28:14.
2. of heavenly bodies, with בְּ Gen 1:18.
3. of God, with בְּ Judg 8:23; Isa 63:19; Ps 22:29; Ps 59:14; Ps 89:10; Ps 103:19 ; 1Chr 29:12 ; 2Chr 20:6 absolute Ps 66:7 לוֺ ׳ זּזְרֹעוֺ מ Isa 40:10 his arm ruling for him.
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix consecutive וְהִמְשִׁילָם Dan 11:39 Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ Ps 8:7 Infinitive absolute הַמְשֵׁל Job 25:2 — cause to rule,, followed by accusative of person + בְּ Ps 8:7 (subject ׳ י), Dan 11:39 exercise dominion, only infinitive absolute as noun abstract the exercise of dominion Job 25:2 (attribute of God).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

משל (mith-shal’)

Deuteronomy 15:6

KJV: For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
EHCC: and thou shalt reign over many nations,

Psalms 103:19

KJV: The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
EHCC: his kingdom releth over all.

Isaiah 3:12

KJV: As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.lead…: or, call thee blesseddestroy: Heb. swallow up
EHCC: women rule over them.

Lamentations 5:8

KJV: Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
EHCC: Servants have ruled over us:

Zechariah 6:13

KJV: Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
EHCC: and shall sit and rule upon his throne ;

Genesis 1:18

KJV: And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
EHCC: And to rule over the day and over the night,

Judges 9:2

KJV: Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.Whether…: Heb. What is good? whether, etc
EHCC: either that...threescore and ten persons,

Proverbs 19:10

KJV: Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
EHCC: for a servant to uve rule over princes.

Proverbs 29:2

KJV: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.in…: or, increased
EHCC: but when the wicked heareth rule,

Ezekiel 19:14

KJV: And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
EHCC: no strong rod (to be) a pepe to rule,

Joel 2:17

KJV: Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?rule over: or, use a byword against
EHCC: that the heathen should rule over (marg.

Judges 8:22

KJV: Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
EHCC: Rule thou over us, both thou,

Genesis 3:16

KJV: Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.to thy…: or, subject to thy husband
EHCC: and he shail rule over thee.

Genesis 4:7

KJV: If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.be accepted: or, have the excellencyunto…: or, subject unto thee
EHCC: and thou shalt rule over him,

Genesis 37:8

KJV: And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
EHCC: shalt thou indeed have dominion

Exodus 21:8

KJV: If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.please…: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc
EHCC: a strange nation he shall have no power,

Deuteronomy 5:6

KJV: I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.bondage: Heb. servants
EHCC: they shull not reign over thee.

Judges 8:93

EHCC: 1 will not rule over you, neither shall m:

Psalms 19:13

KJV: Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.the great: or, much
EHCC: (14). let them not have dominion over me:

Psalms 108:41

EHCC: and they that hated them ruled over them.

Proverbs 12:24

KJV: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.slothful: or, deceitful
EHCC: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule:

Proverbs 17:2

KJV: A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
EHCC: A wise servant shall have rule

Proverbs 22:7

KJV: The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth
EHCC: The rich ruleth over the poor,

Proverbs 19:4

KJV: Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
EHCC: 4 flerce king shall rule over them,

Proverbs 45:8

EHCC: and a ruler throughout all the land

Joshua 12:2

KJV: Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
EHCC: (and) ruled (lit. ruling) from Aroer,

Judges 14:4

KJV: But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
EHCC: the Philistines had dominion

Judges 15:11

KJV: Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.went: Heb. went down
EHCC: the Philistines tee rulers over us?

1 Chronicles 29:12

KJV: Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
EHCC: and thou Hi pre over all;

2 Chronicles 7:18

KJV: Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.There…: Heb. There shall not be cut off to thee
EHCC: shall not fail thee a man (to be) ruler

Nehemiah 9:37

KJV: And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
EHCC: they have dominion over our bodies,

Psalms 22:28

KJV: For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.
EHCC: (29).and he (is) the governor among the

Proverbs 6:7

KJV: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
EHCC: no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Proverbs 28:15

KJV: As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
EHCC: a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Ecclesiastes 9:17

KJV: The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
EHCC: the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

KJV: So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.side: Heb. hand
EHCC: f the spirit of the ruder rise ;10

Isaiah 14:5

KJV: The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
EHCC: the sceptre of the rulers.

Jeremiah 22:30

KJV: Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
EHCC: and ruling any more in Judah.

Ezekiel 19:11

KJV: And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
EHCC: the sceptres of them that bare rule,

Micah 5:2

KJV: But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.everlasting: Heb. the days of eternity
EHCC: (1).to be ruler in Israel ;

Habakkuk 1:14

KJV: And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?creeping: or, moving
EHCC: (that have) no ruler over them ?

Job 25:2

KJV: Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
EHCC: Dominion and fear (are) with him,

Psalms 8:6

KJV: Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
EHCC: (7). Thou madest him to have dominion ove:
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