Genesis 41:43
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
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Ruler
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Acts 23:5
Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
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Genesis
33 verses
Exodus
11 verses
Leviticus
11 verses
Numbers
11 verses
Judges
11 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
2 Samuel
33 verses
1 Kings
22 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
1 Chronicles
99 verses
2 Chronicles
77 verses
Nehemiah
1010 verses
Psalms
33 verses
Proverbs
44 verses
Ecclesiastes
22 verses
Isaiah
33 verses
Jeremiah
21 verses
Daniel
66 verses
Micah
11 verses
Habakkuk
11 verses
Matthew
55 verses
Mark
33 verses
Luke
66 verses
John
22 verses
Acts
65 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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נָגִיד
nâgîyd · naw-gheed'
19 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes
Strong's KJV usage: captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 25:30Strong's last: Nehemiah 11:11
Open full H5057 profile →מָשַׁל
mâshal · maw-shal'
14 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: Genesis 45:8Strong's last: Habakkuk 1:14
Open full H4910 profile →שַׂר
sar · sar
10 times translated as this KJV form420 total Strong's occurrences
a head person (of any rank or class)
Strong's KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 9:30Strong's last: Nehemiah 7:2
Open full H8269 profile →ἄρχων
árchōn · ar'-khone
8 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
a first (in rank or power)
Strong's KJV usage: :--chief (ruler), magistrate, prince, ruler.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 9:18Strong's last: Acts 23:5
Open full G758 profile →καθίστημι
kathístēmi · kath-is'-tay-mee
6 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
to place down (permanently), i.e. (figuratively) to designate, constitute, convoy
Strong's KJV usage: :--appoint, be, conduct, make, ordain, set.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 24:45Strong's last: Luke 12:44
Open full G2525 profile →שְׁלֵט
shᵉlêṭ · shel-ate'
4 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: have the mastery, have power, bear rule, be (make) ruler.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:38Strong's last: Daniel 5:16
Open full H7981 profile →נָשִׂיא
nâsîyʼ · naw-see'
3 times translated as this KJV form130 total Strong's occurrences
properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
Strong's KJV usage: captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 22:28Strong's last: Numbers 13:2
Open full H5387 profile →פָּקַד
pâqad · paw-kad'
2 times translated as this KJV form304 total Strong's occurrences
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, × at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, × by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, × surely, visit, want.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 11:28Strong's last: 2 Kings 25:22
Open full H6485 profile →קָצִין
qâtsîyn · kaw-tseen'
2 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
a magistrate (as deciding) or other leader
Strong's KJV usage: captain, guide, prince, ruler. Compare 6278.
Strong's first: Isaiah 3:6Strong's last: Isaiah 3:7
Open full H7101 profile →שַׁלִּיט
shallîyṭ · shal-leet'
2 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
mighty; abstractly, permission; concretely, a premier
Strong's KJV usage: captain, be lawful, rule(-r).
Strong's first: Daniel 2:10Strong's last: Daniel 5:29
Open full H7990 profile →כֹּהֵן
kôhên · ko-hane'
1 times translated as this KJV form750 total Strong's occurrences
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Strong's KJV usage: chief ruler, × own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 20:26Strong's last: 2 Samuel 20:26
Open full H3548 profile →רָדָה
râdâh · raw-daw'
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off
Strong's KJV usage: (come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 68:27Strong's last: Psalms 68:27
Open full H7287 profile →שֹׁטֵר
shôṭêr · sho-tare'
1 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
Strong's KJV usage: officer, overseer, ruler.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 26:11Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 26:11
Open full H7860 profile →שַׁלִּיט
shallîyṭ · shal-leet'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
potent; concretely, a prince or warrior
Strong's KJV usage: governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 10:5Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:5
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H5387
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
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ruler
RU'LER, noun
1. One that governs, whether emperor, king, pope or governor; any one that exercises supreme power over others.
2. One that makes or executes laws in a limited or free government. Thus legislators and magistrates are called rulers.
3. A rule; an instrument of wood or metal with straight edges or sides, by which lines are drawn on paper, parchment or other substance. When a ruler has the lines of chords, tangents, sines, etc. it is called a plane scale.
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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