To subdue
רָדַדStrong’s H7286radad (ra-dad)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Radad is the Hebrew word usually translated “hammered out”, “subdues” and “subdue”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.”
Meaning
- To beat down, beat out, subdue(Qal) to beat down (fig) · (Hiphil) to beat out
How it's translated
- and he hammered out 1
- the subdues 1
- to subdue 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 144:2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
- Isaiah 45:1Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
Hebrew dictionary
רָדַד radad · to subdue
1) to beat down, beat out, subdue 1a) (Qal) to beat down (fig) 1b) (Hiphil) to beat out
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “subdue” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUBDUE, verb transitive
- To conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion.“I will subdue all thine enemies” 1 Chronicles 17:10
- To oppress; to crush; to sink; to overpower so as to disable from further resistance.
- To tame; to break by conquering a refractory temper or evil passions; to render submissive; as, to subdue a stubborn child.
- To conquer; to reduce to mildness; as, to subdue the temper or passions.
All definitions
- To overcome by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or intreaties.
- To overcome; to conquer; to captivate; as by charms.
- To soften; to melt; to reduce to tenderness; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.
- To overcome; to overpower and destroy the force of; as, medicines subdue a fever.
- To make mellow; to break; as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.
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.