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Strong's H4910 מָשַׁל (mashal)

Mashal means “rule” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4910 — syneuocheo (“feast with”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4910
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 74
Books 23

Strong's H4910 Quick Answer

Strong's H4910 מָשַׁל (mashal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mashal (maw-shal') v. 1. to rule [a primitive root] It has 74 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include rule, have, reigned, dominion, and reign. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mashal (maw-shal') v. 1. to rule [a primitive root]
Usage
74 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
rule, have, reigned, dominion, and reign

Meaning and Definition

mashal (maw-shal') v. 1. to rule [a primitive root] KJV: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.

Original Word
מָשַׁל
Transliteration
mashal
Derivation
Root: משׁל
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4910. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to rule

Usage: 1) to rule, have dominion, reign 1a) (Qal) to rule, have dominion 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to rule 1b2) to exercise dominion

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How Strong's H4910 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mashal, 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.

rule Genesis 1:18 21× have Exodus 21:8 12× dominion Judges 14:4 reigned Joshua 12:5 governor Psalms 22:28 reign Deuteronomy 15:6 bear Proverbs 28:15 governors 2 Chronicles 23:20 make 1 Chronicles 29:12 ruled Genesis 24:2 ruler Genesis 45:8 will Genesis 3:16

How Strong's H4910 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 74 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4910 by Corpus

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.

Strong's H4910 in the Old Testament

74 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

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.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 74 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4910.

Genesis 1:18 Old Testament, 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.
Genesis 3:16 Old Testament, 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.
Genesis 4:7 Old Testament, 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.
Genesis 24:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
Genesis 37:8 Old Testament, 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.
Genesis 45:8 Old Testament, KJV
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 45:26 Old Testament, KJV
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
Exodus 21:8 Old Testament, 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.
Deuteronomy 15:6 Old Testament, 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.
Joshua 12:2 Old Testament, 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;
Joshua 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Judges 8:22 Old Testament, 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.
Judges 8:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
Judges 9:2 Old Testament, 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.
Judges 14:4 Old Testament, 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.
Judges 15:11 Old Testament, 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.
2 Samuel 23:3 Old Testament, KJV
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
1 Kings 4:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
1 Chronicles 29:12 Old Testament, 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.
2 Chronicles 7:18 Old Testament, 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.
2 Chronicles 9:26 Old Testament, KJV
And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 20:6 Old Testament, KJV
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
2 Chronicles 23:20 Old Testament, KJV
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
Nehemiah 9:37 Old Testament, 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.
Job 25:2 Old Testament, KJV
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Psalms 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
Psalms 19:13 Old Testament, 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.
Psalms 22:28 Old Testament, KJV
For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psalms 59:13 Old Testament, KJV
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
Psalms 66:7 Old Testament, KJV
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
Psalms 89:9 Old Testament, KJV
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Psalms 103:19 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Psalms 105:20 Old Testament, KJV
The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
Psalms 105:21 Old Testament, KJV
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
Psalms 106:41 Old Testament, KJV
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Proverbs 6:7 Old Testament, KJV
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Proverbs 12:24 Old Testament, KJV
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 16:32 Old Testament, KJV
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Proverbs 17:2 Old Testament, KJV
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 23:1 Old Testament, KJV
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs 28:15 Old Testament, KJV
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Proverbs 29:2 Old Testament, KJV
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Proverbs 29:12 Old Testament, KJV
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Proverbs 29:26 Old Testament, KJV
Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
Ecclesiastes 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Isaiah 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Isaiah 3:12 Old Testament, 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.
Isaiah 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
Isaiah 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Isaiah 19:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah 28:14 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 40:10 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Isaiah 49:7 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Isaiah 52:5 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
Isaiah 63:19 Old Testament, KJV
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
Jeremiah 22:30 Old Testament, 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.
Jeremiah 30:21 Old Testament, KJV
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 33:26 Old Testament, KJV
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
Jeremiah 51:46 Old Testament, KJV
And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
Lamentations 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
Ezekiel 19:11 Old Testament, 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.
Ezekiel 19:14 Old Testament, 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.
Daniel 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
Daniel 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Daniel 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Daniel 11:39 Old Testament, KJV
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
Daniel 11:43 Old Testament, KJV
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Joel 2:17 Old Testament, 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?
Micah 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
But thou, Bethlehem 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.
Habakkuk 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
Zechariah 6:13 Old Testament, 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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4910, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 10 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 11 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 10 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 5 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4910 FAQ

What does mashal (מָשַׁל) mean?

Mashal (Strong's H4910) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "rule". mashal (maw-shal') v. 1. to rule [a primitive root]

How many times is mashal (מָשַׁל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 74 linked usages for Strong's H4910 across 23 books.

Where can I study mashal (מָשַׁל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4910 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mashal (מָשַׁל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as rule, have, reigned, dominion, reign, and governor. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.