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Dominion

מִמְשָׁלStrong’s H4474

mimshal (mim-shal)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Mimshal is the Hebrew word usually translated “rulers” and “dominion”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.”
Daniel 11:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. Dominion, rulerdominion · ruler
How it's translated
  • the rulers 1
  • dominion 1
  • a dominion 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 2
  • 1 Chronicles 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מִמְשָׁל mimshal · dominion

1) dominion, ruler 1a) dominion 1b) ruler

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “dominion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DOMINION, noun

[Latin See Dominant.]

  1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling.“The dominion of the Most High is an everlasting dominion” Daniel 4:34
  2. Power to direct, control, use and dispose of at pleasure; right of possession and use without being accountable; as the private dominion of individuals.
  3. Territory under a government; region; country; district governed, or within the limits of the authority of a prince or state; as the British dominions.
  4. Government; right of governing.
All definitions
  1. Predominance; ascendant.
  2. An order of angels.“Whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers” Colossians 1:16
  3. Persons governed.“Judah was his sanctuary; Israel his dominion” Psalms 114:2

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.