Dominion
מִשְׂרָהStrong’s H4951misrah (mis-rah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Misrah is the Hebrew word usually translated “dominion”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Meaning
- Rule, dominion, government
How it's translated
- the dominion 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
1 book in all.
Hebrew dictionary
מִשְׂרָה misrah · dominion
rule, dominion, government
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.]
- Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling.“The dominion of the Most High is an everlasting dominion” Daniel 4:34
- Power to direct, control, use and dispose of at pleasure; right of possession and use without being accountable; as the private dominion of individuals.
- Territory under a government; region; country; district governed, or within the limits of the authority of a prince or state; as the British dominions.
- Government; right of governing.
All definitions
- Predominance; ascendant.
- An order of angels.“Whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers” Colossians 1:16
- 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.