memshala · dominion

What it means

memshala (מֶמְשָׁלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dominion”.

Rule: the power to govern something and the realm where it is used.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The power to rule over something or someone, like the sun and moon over day and night.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• dominion ×12
• rule ×2
• authority ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×5
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×2
• Daniel×1
• Micah×1

• Genesis 1:16

  And Elohim made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars.

• 1 Kings 9:19

  and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and the cities for chariots, and the cities for horsemen, and the desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion.

• 2 Chronicles 32:9

  After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem —he was against Lachish, and all his dominion with him— to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all Judah that was in Jerusalem, saying,

• Psalms 103:22

  Bless YHWH, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless YHWH, my soul.

• Psalms 114:2

  Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

• Psalms 136:8

  the sun for dominion over the day, for his loyal love is forever.

• Psalms 136:9

  the moon and stars for dominion over the night, for his loyal love is forever.

• Psalms 145:13

  Your kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and your dominion is throughout all generations.

• Isaiah 22:21

  and I will clothe him with your tunic, and with your sash I will bind him, and your authority I will give into his hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitant of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

• Isaiah 39:2

  Hezekiah was glad because of them, and showed them his treasure house: the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and all his armory, and all that was found in his treasuries; there was not a thing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house or in all his dominion.

• Jeremiah 34:1

  The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under the dominion of his hand and all the peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying:

• Jeremiah 51:28

  Consecrate nations against her, the kings of Media, her governors and all her prefects, and all the land of his dominion.

• Daniel 11:5

  And the king of the south will be strong, but one of his princes will be stronger than he and rule; his dominion will be a great dominion.

• Micah 4:8

  And you, tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, and the former dominion will come, the kingdom for the daughter of Jerusalem.”

And 1 more times.