Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
dominion
Usage: 1) rule, dominion, realm 1a) rule, dominion, realm, domain 1b) rule 1c) rule, dominion (of God)
Memshalah means “rule” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4475 — rhapisma (“smite with the hand”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4475 מֶמשָׁלָה (memshalah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. memshalah (mem-shaw-law') n-f. 1. rule 2. (concretely, in plural) a realm or a ruler It has 16 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include dominion, rule, power, government, and rulers. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
memshalah (mem-shaw-law') n-f. 1. rule 2. (concretely, in plural) a realm or a ruler [feminine of H4474] KJV: dominion, government, power, to rule. Root(s): H4474
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dominion
Usage: 1) rule, dominion, realm 1a) rule, dominion, realm, domain 1b) rule 1c) rule, dominion (of God)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render memshalah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
16 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4475.
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4475, grouped by book.
Memshalah (Strong's H4475) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "rule". memshalah (mem-shaw-law') n-f. 1. rule 2. (concretely, in plural) a realm or a ruler
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H4475 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4475 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as dominion, rule, power, government, and rulers. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.