Quick Definition
to reign
Strong's Definition
properly, to vanquish; by implication, to rule (causatively, crown)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: make princes, have power, reign. See H5493 (סוּר).
TWOT Reference: 2287
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שׂוּר (sur) — to reign. 1) to be or act as prince, rule, contend, have power, prevail over 1a) (Qal) to rule over, govern 1b) (Hiphil) to make rulers, play the prince
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · סור
Unfaithful | verb qal
to turn away (from someone) literally: to turn away (from someone); hence: = action by which deities end their commitment towards humans
verb
Impact | verb qal
to hack = action by which humans wound or maim other humans with sharp tools
verb · שׂרה
Conflict | verb qal
to compete, to struggle, to strive = action by which humans compete with other humans to assert their superior physical strength
verb
Control | verb hif | ≈ מלך · שׂרר
to set up rulers = action by which humans place other humans in a position of authority over a group of people
1 1CH 20:3 MT NJPS "hacked" | RSV NRSV ESV "set (to labor)" NJB "setting (to work)" REB "set (to work)" GNT put (to work) CEV "forced (to work)" = וישׂם | NIV "consigning" = [4a]?
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׂרַר] vb. denom. be, or act as, prince, rule Qal Abim. ruled over Isr. three years
Hithp. that thou shouldst also keep playing the prince over us.
Hiph. they made princes
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