Genesis 36:31
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
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Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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48 occurrences in 48 verses.
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מָלַךְ
mâlak · maw-lak'
160 times translated as this KJV form350 total Strong's occurrences
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
Strong's KJV usage: consult, × indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.
Strong's first: Genesis 36:31Strong's last: Jeremiah 52:1
Open full H4427 profile →βασιλεύω
basileúō · bas-il-yoo'-o
5 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
to rule (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--king, reign.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 5:14Strong's last: Revelation 20:4
Open full G936 profile →מָשַׁל
mâshal · maw-shal'
3 times translated as this KJV form81 total Strong's occurrences
to rule
Strong's KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, × indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Joshua 12:5Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 9:26
Open full H4910 profile →שׂוּר
sûwr · soor
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to vanquish; by implication, to rule (causatively, crown)
Strong's KJV usage: make princes, have power, reign. See 5493.
Strong's first: Judges 9:22Strong's last: Judges 9:22
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In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
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And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
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In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
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But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
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In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
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And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
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Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
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And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
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And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
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Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
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And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.
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And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
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Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
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And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
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Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
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Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
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So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
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Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
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Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
English meaning and historical usage.
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reign
REIGN, verb intransitive rane. [Latin regno, a derivative of rego, regnum.]
1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to rule; to exercise government, as a king or emperor; or to hold the supreme power. George the third reigned over Great Britain more than fifty years.
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness. Isaiah 32:1.
2. To be predominant; to prevail.
Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer or autumn.
3. To rule; to have superior or uncontrolled dominion. Romans 6:12.
[This word is never applied to the exercise of supreme power by a legislative body or the executive administration, in the United States.]
REIGN, noun rane. [Latin regnum.]
1. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty.
He who like a father held his reign
2. The time during which a king, queen or emperor possesses the supreme authority. The Spanish armada was equipped to invade England in the reign of queen Elizabeth. Magna Charta was obtained in the reign of king John.
3. Kingdom; dominion.
Saturn's sons received the threefold reign of heav'n, of ocean, and deep hell beneath.
4. Power; influence.
5. Prevalence.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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