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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
Dictionary Aids

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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, so that they will have dominion H7287 over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [fn]sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion H7287 over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [fn]sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:43 - ‘You shall not have H7287 dominion H7287 over him with brutality, but you shall fear your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46 - ‘You may even give them as an inheritance to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your brothers, the sons of Israel, you shall not have H7287 dominion H7287 over one another with brutality.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53 - ‘Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; he shall not have H7287 dominion H7287 over him with brutality in your sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - ‘And I will [fn]set My face against you so that you will be [fn]defeated before your enemies; and those who hate you will have dominion H7287 over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19 -

“And one from Jacob shall have H7287 dominion H7287,

And will make the survivor perish from the city.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 -

“Then survivors came down to the mighty ones;

The people of Yahweh came down to me as warriors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - So he scraped H7287 [fn]the honey into his [fn]hands and went on, eating as he went. Then he went to his father and mother, and he gave some to them, and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped H7287 the honey out H7287 of the body of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For he had H7287 dominion H7287 over everything [fn]west of the [fn]River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings [fn]west of the [fn]River; and he had peace on all sides around about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were over the [fn]project and who ruled H7287 over the people who were doing the work.

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These were the [fn]chief deputies who were over Solomon’s work, 550, who had dominion H7287 over the people doing the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - These were the chief [fn]deputies of King Solomon, 250 who ruled H7287 over the people.

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“But as soon as they had rest, they returned to do evil before You;

Therefore You forsook them in the hand of their enemies, so they had dominion H7287 over them.

Then they returned and cried to You. And You listened from heaven,

And many times You delivered them according to Your compassion,

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As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;

Death will shepherd them;

And the upright shall have H7287 dominion H7287 over them in the morning,

And their form shall be for Sheol to consume,

Far away from his habitation.

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There is Benjamin, the [fn]youngest, [fn]having H7287 dominion H7287 over them,

The princes of Judah in their throng,

The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 -

May he also have H7287 dominion H7287 from sea to sea

And from the River to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:2 -

Yahweh will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying,

“Have dominion H7287 in the midst of Your enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And the peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of Yahweh for their male and female slaves; and [fn]they will take their captors captive and will have dominion H7287 over their taskmasters.

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Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,

Which had dominion H7287 over the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.

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“Who has awakened one from the east

Whom He calls in righteousness to His [fn]feet?

He gives up nations before him

And [fn]has dominion H7287 over kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

As the wind-driven chaff with his bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31 -

The prophets prophesy with lying,

And the priests have dominion H7287 [fn]by their own hand;

And My people love it so!

But what will you do at the end of it?

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“From on high He sent fire into my bones,

And it dominated H7287 them.

He has spread a net for my feet;

He has turned me back;

He has made me desolate,

[fn]Faint all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15 - “It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not have dominion H7287 over the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:4 - “Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, and the [fn]diseased you have not healed, and the broken you have not bound up, and the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you searched for the lost; but with strength and with severity you have dominated H7287 them.
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