To rule
רָזַןStrong’s H7336razan (ra-zan)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Razan is the Hebrew word usually translated “rulers” and “o rulers”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to be weighty, be judicious, be commanding
How it's translated
- and rulers 3
- o rulers 1
- and for rulers 1
- rulers 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 2
- Judges 1
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
- Habakkuk 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
- Proverbs 8:15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
- Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
- Isaiah 40:23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
- Habakkuk 1:10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Hebrew dictionary
רָזַן razan · to rule
(Qal) to be weighty, be judicious, be commanding
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rule” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RULE, noun
[Latin regula, from rego, to govern, that is, to stretch, strain or make straight.]
- Government; sway; empire; control; supreme command or authority.“A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame” Proverbs 17:2
- That which is established as a principle, standard or directory; that by which any thing is to be adjusted or regulated, or to which it is to be conformed; that which is settled by authority or custom for guidance and direction.
- An instrument by which lines are drawn.
- Established mode or course of proceeding prescribed in private life.
All definitions and other forms of “rule”
- In literature, a maxim, canon or precept to be observed in any art or science.
- In monasteries, corporations or societies, a law or regulation to be observed by the society and its particular members.
- In courts, rules are the determinations and orders of court, to be observed by its officers in conducting the business of the court.
- In arithmetic and algebra, a determinate mode prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- In grammar, an establish form of construction in a particular class of words; or the expression of that form in words.
RULE, verb transitive
- To govern; to control the will and actions of others, either by arbitrary power and authority, or by established laws.“If a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?” 1 Timothy 3:5
- To govern the movements of things; to conduct; to manage; to control.
- To manage; to conduct, in almost any manner.
- To settle as by a rule
- To mark with lines by a ruler; as, to rule a blank book.
- To establish by decree or decision; to determine; as a court.
RULE, verb intransitive
To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority.
- “By me princes rule” Proverbs 8:16“They shall rule over their oppressors” Isaiah 14:2
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.