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Lexicon :: Strong's H7287 - rāḏâ

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רָדָה
Transliteration
rāḏâ
Pronunciation
raw-daw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2121,2122

Strong’s Definitions

רָדָה râdâh, raw-daw'; a primitive root; to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off:—(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H7287 in the following manner: rule (13x), dominion (9x), take (2x), prevaileth (1x), reign (1x), ruler (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H7287 in the following manner: rule (13x), dominion (9x), take (2x), prevaileth (1x), reign (1x), ruler (1x).

  1. to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down

    1. (Qal) to have dominion, rule, subjugate

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to dominate

  2. to scrape out

    1. (Qal) to scrape, scrape out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָדָה râdâh, raw-daw'; a primitive root; to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off:—(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.
STRONGS H7287: Abbreviations
† I. [רָדָה] verb have dominion, rule, dominate (Late Hebrew רָדָה, TargumJon רָדָא, chastise; Arabic bdb092110 tread, trample; Syriac bdb092111 chastise, also (and so Assyrian radû) go, flow); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural consecutive וְרָדוּ Isaiah 14:2; Leviticus 26:17; 2nd person masculine plural רְדִיתֶם Ezekiel 34:4; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יִרְדֶּנּוּ Leviticus 25:53, וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּה Lamentations 1:13, jussive וְיֵרְדְּ Numbers 24:19; Psalm 72:8; 2nd person masculine singular תִּרְדֶּה Leviticus 25:43, 46, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְדֵה Lev 110:2; masculine plural רְדוּ Genesis 1:28 (Joel 4:13 see ירד); Infinitive construct רְדוֺת Ezekiel 29:15; Participle רֹדֶת 1 Kings 5:4; Isaiah 14:6; suffix רֹדֵם Psalm 68:28; plural הָדֹדִים 1 Kings 5:30 [1 Kings 5:16] + 2 times; — have dominion, rule, over, usually with ב person or pop. 1 Kings 5:4; 1 Kings 5:30 [1 Kings 5:16]; 1 Kings 9:23 2 Chronicles 8:10; Isaiah 14:2; Leviticus 25:43, 46, 53; Leviticus 26:17; Ezekiel 29:15; Nehemiah 9:28; Psalm 49:15; ב of fish, etc., Genesis 1:26, 28; בְּקֶרֶב Psalm 110:2; with accusative of person Ezekiel 34:4; Isaiah 14:6 (perhaps + accusative of congnate meaning with verb, see [מִרְדָּה] below); accusative omitted Numbers 24:19 (מִיַעֲקֹב), Jeremiah 5:31 (+ עַליְֿדֵיהֶם, see יָד 5h (2); see also ingenious conjecture below II. רדה; but < Gr יוֺרוּ teach), Psalm 72:8; for וַיִרְדֶּנָּה Lamentations 1:13 and it (the fire) prevailed against them (my bones), read perhaps יָרָ֑דָה into my bones it descended (Bu). — רֹדֵם Psalm 68:28 is dubious; Grill Hup-Now Che Du קִדֵם. יְרַד Judges 5:13 (twice in verse) see יָרַד.
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וּמְלָכִים יַרְדְּ Isaiah 41:2 and kings he causeth (him) to dominate; but apocopatic form strange, read יָרֹד (√ רדד which see. Ew Di Du; יַחֲרִד Greek Version of the LXX Klo Che.

† II. רָדָה verb scrape out (Late Hebrew id., scrape or draw off, out (bread from oven)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הַדְּבָ֑שׁ ר׳ Judges 14:9b out of the carcass he scraped the honey (see GFM); suffix אֶל־כַּפָּיו וַיִרְדֵּהוּ Judges 14:9a he scraped it out into his palms; BuhlLex Du also עַליְֿדֵיהֶם ר׳ Jeremiah 5:31, namely, gifts, money, figurative for making gain (most I. רדה which see).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:26; 1:28; 1:28

Leviticus

25:43; 25:43; 25:46; 25:46; 25:53; 25:53; 26:17; 26:17

Numbers

24:19; 24:19

Judges

5:13; 14:9; 14:9

1 Kings

5:4; 5:4; 5:16; 5:16; 9:23

2 Chronicles

8:10

Nehemiah

9:28

Psalms

49:15; 68:28; 68:28; 72:8; 72:8; 110:2

Isaiah

14:2; 14:2; 14:6; 14:6; 41:2

Jeremiah

5:31; 5:31

Lamentations

1:13; 1:13

Ezekiel

29:15; 29:15; 34:4; 34:4

H7287

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Strong's Number H7287 matches the Hebrew רָדָה (rāḏâ),
which occurs 27 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:43 - Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46 - And ye shall leave them as an inheritance to your children after you, to inherit them as a possession: these may ye make your bondmen for ever; but as for your brethren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule over one another with rigour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53 - As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; his master shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - And I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies; they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19 - And one out of Jacob shall have dominion, and will destroy out of the city what remaineth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - Then come down, thou, the remnant of nobles, as his people; Jehovah! come down with me in the midst of the mighty ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - and he took it out in his hands, and went on, and ate as he went. And he came to his father and to his mother, and gave them, and they ate; but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For he had dominion over all on this side the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gazah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - besides the overseers whom Solomon had set over the work, three thousand three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23 - These were the chief superintendents that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - And these were the chief of king Solomon's superintendents, two hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - But when they had rest, they did evil again before thee; and thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them; and again they cried unto thee, and thou heardest them from the heavens, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:27 - There is little Benjamin, their ruler; the princes of Judah, their company; the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:2 - Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:2 - Who raised up from the east him whom righteousness calleth to its foot? He gave the nations before him, and caused him to have dominion over kings; he gave them as dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31 - the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:13 - From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; he hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15 - It shall be the basest of kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations; and I will diminish them, so that they shall no more rule over the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:4 - The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up what was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them.
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