2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
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Ruling
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1 Timothy 3:12
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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מָשַׁל
mâshal · maw-shal'
2 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.
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Strong's first: 2 Samuel 23:3Strong's last: Jeremiah 22:30
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proḯstēmi · pro-is'-tay-mee
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to stand before, i.e. (in rank) to preside, or (by implication) to practise
Strong's KJV usage: :--maintain, be over, rule.
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Strong's first: 1 Timothy 3:12Strong's last: 1 Timothy 3:12
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The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
H4910
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
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Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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ruling
RU'LING, participle present tense
1. Governing; controlling the will and actions of intelligent beings, or the movements of other physical bodies.
2. Marking by a ruler.
3. Deciding; determining.
4. adjective Predominant; chief; controlling; as a ruling passion.
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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