Hebrew verb · H7287
רָדָה
radahraw-daw'
to rule; to scrape
26 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: râdâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7287is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 24spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7287
to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off
The King James renders it: (come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
radah is rendered "to rule; to scrape". It stands 26 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Four of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to rule".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.
The first use
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
Genesis 1:26וְיִרְדּוּ֩
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to rule, and to scrape.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to ruleStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness… |
| to scrapeStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- who ruled3
- and they ruled2
- and they will rule2
- you will rule2
- and he mastered it1
- and he scraped out it1
- and he will rule1
- and may he rule1
- and rule1
- and they may rule1
- he had scraped out1
- he subdues1
and 9 more, 26 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 26, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
24 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הָרֹדִ֣ים2
- תִרְדֶּ֥ה2
- הָרֹדִ֖ים1
- וְ֭יֵרְדְּ1
- וְיֵ֖רְדְּ1
- וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּ1
- וְיִרְדּוּ֩1
- וַיִּרְדּ֘וּ1
- וַיִּרְדּ֣וּ1
- וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּה1
- וְרָד֤וּ1
- וְרָד֖וּ1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural3HTd/Vqrmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/Vqj3ms
- Hc/Vqq3cp2Hc/Vqq3cp
- Hc/Vqw3mp2Hc/Vqw3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqi2ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Vqv2mp
- Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs1Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs
- Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhj3ms
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HVqcc
Genesis
two uses
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
- וְיִרְדּוּ֩veyirduHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may rule
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- וּרְד֞וּureduconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and rule
Leviticus
four uses
You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
- תִרְדֶּ֥הtirdehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will rule
You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
- תִרְדֶּ֥הtirdehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will rule
He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.
- יִרְדֶּ֥נּֽוּyirdenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will rule over him
And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- וְרָד֤וּveraduHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will rule
Numbers
one use
A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”
- וְיֵ֖רְדְּveyeredconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and he will rule
Judges
two uses
So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.
- וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּvaiyirdehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he scraped out it
- רָדָ֥הradahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had scraped out
1 Kings
three uses
For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
- רֹדֶ֣ה׀rodehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: ruling
not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
- הָרֹדִ֣יםharodimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who ruled
They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
- הָרֹדִ֣יםharodimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who ruled
2 Chronicles
one use
They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.
- הָרֹדִ֖יםharodimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who ruled
Nehemiah
one use
But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
- וַיִּרְדּ֣וּvaiyirduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they ruled
Psalms
four uses
Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
- וַיִּרְדּ֘וּvaiyirduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they ruled
There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
- רֹדֵ֗םrodemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: ruling them
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
- וְ֭יֵרְדְּveyeredconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and may he rule
The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
- רְ֝דֵ֗הredehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: rule
Isaiah
three uses
The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
- וְרָד֖וּveraduHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will rule
It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
- רֹדֶ֤הrodehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: ruled
Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
- יַ֔רְדְּyardverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he subdues
Jeremiah
one use
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- יִרְדּ֣וּyirduverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are ruling
Lamentations
one use
He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
- וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּהvaiyirdenahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he mastered it
Ezekiel
two uses
Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.
- רְד֥וֹתredotverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to rule
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
- רְדִיתֶ֥םreditemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have ruled
Joel
one use
Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
- רְדוּ֙reduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: tread
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.