rada · rule, have dominion

What it means

rada (רָדָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rule, have dominion”.

Over something; tread down.

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. To hold sway, govern.
2. To scoop honey from the comb.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• rule ×14
• ruled ×3
• who ruled ×3
• went down ×2
• He scraped it out ×1
• he had scraped out ×1
• was ruling ×1
• who dominated ×1
• who rules them ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Leviticus×4
• Numbers×1
• Judges×4
• 1 Kings×3
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Psalms×4
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×1
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×2

• Genesis 1:26

  And Elohim said, “Let us make the human being in our image, according to our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

• Genesis 1:28

  And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every animal that creeps on the earth.”

• Leviticus 25:43

  You shall not rule over him with harshness, but you shall fear your Elohim.

• Leviticus 25:46

  And you may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession; forever you may make them serve; but over your brothers, the sons of Israel, one over another you shall not rule with harshness.

• Leviticus 25:53

  As a hired worker year by year he shall be with him; he shall not rule over him with harshness before your eyes.

• Leviticus 26:17

  And I will set my face against you, and you will be struck down before your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

• Numbers 24:19

  And one from Jacob shall rule and destroy the survivor from the city.”

• Judges 5:13

  Then the survivor went down toward the nobles; the people of YHWH went down for me against the mighty men.

• Judges 14:9

  He scraped it out into his palms and went on, walking and eating; and he went to his father and to his mother and gave to them, and they ate; but he did not tell them that from the body of the lion he had scraped out the honey.

• 1 Kings 4:24

  For he was ruling over all the other side of the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gaza, over all the kings of the other side of the river; and he had peace on all his sides all around.

• 1 Kings 5:16

  besides the chiefs of the prefects of Solomon who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who ruled over the people who did the work.

• 1 Kings 9:23

  These were the chiefs of the prefects who were over the work for Solomon, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did the work.

• 2 Chronicles 8:10

  These were the chiefs of the prefects that King Solomon had: two hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people.

• Nehemiah 9:28

  But when they had rest they would again do evil before you; and you would abandon them into the hand of their enemies, who dominated them; and they would turn again and cry out to you, and you from the heavens would hear and deliver them according to your mercies many times.

• Psalms 49:14

  Like sheep for Sheol they are put; death shepherds them; and the upright will rule over them in the morning; and their form is for Sheol to consume, far from its dwelling.

• Psalms 68:27

  There is Benjamin, the youngest, who rules them; the officials of Judah, their throng; the officials of Zebulun, the officials of Naphtali.

• Psalms 72:8

  And may he rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

• Psalms 110:2

  The rod of your strength YHWH will send from Zion: rule in the midst of your enemies.

• Isaiah 14:2

  And peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance on the ground of YHWH as male slaves and female slaves; and they will be captors of their captors and will rule over their oppressors.

• Isaiah 14:6

  that struck peoples in wrath with blows without ceasing, that ruled the nations in anger with persecution that no one held back.

• Isaiah 41:2

  Who has stirred up from the east the one whom righteousness calls to his feet? He gives up before him nations, and over kings he makes him rule; he makes them like dust to his sword, like stubble driven to his bow.

• Jeremiah 5:31

  the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own hand, and my people love it so. But what will you do at its end?’”

• Lamentations 1:13

  From on high he sent fire into my bones, and it ruled over them; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has made me desolate, faint all the day.

• Ezekiel 29:15

  Lowlier than the kingdoms it will be, and it will not exalt itself any more above the nations; and I will make them few so that they will not rule over the nations.

• Ezekiel 34:4

  The weak you have not strengthened, and the sick you have not healed, and the broken you have not bound up, and the strayed you have not brought back, and the lost you have not sought; but with force you have ruled them, and with harshness.

And 2 more times.