H7287 רָדָה (râdâh) raw-daw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: (come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.

TWOT Reference: 2121,2122

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down

1a) (Qal) to have dominion, rule, subjugate

1b) (Hiphil) to cause to dominate

2) to scrape out

2a) (Qal) to scrape, scrape out

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G757 G758 G1377 G1807 G1825 G1839 G1988 G2609 G2634 G2716 G2961 G3961

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רָדָה (ra.dah) — to rule. 1) to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down 1a) (Qal) to have dominion, rule, subjugate 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to dominate

רָדָה (ra.dah) — to scrape. 1) to scrape out 1a) (Qal) to scrape, scrape out

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רדה (H7287)

verb

Control | verb qal

to rule, to have charge, to have dominion = action by which humans or deities exercise authority over (other) humans, animals, and areas, often with focus on the manner in which this is done

GEN 1:26 · GEN 1:28 · LEV 25:43 · LEV 25:46 · LEV 25:53 · LEV 26:17 · NUM 24:19 · 1KI 5:4 · 1KI 5:30 · 1KI 9:23 · 2CH 8:10 · NEH 9:28 · PSA 49:15 · PSA 68:28 · PSA 72:8 · PSA 110:2 · ISA 14:2 · ISA 14:6 · JER 5:31 · EZK 29:15 · EZK 34:4

verb

Hold | verb qal

to scoop = causative action by which humans use their hands as a shovel and remove a substance from a particular location

JDG 14:9 · JDG 14:9

verb

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[רָדָה] vb. have dominion, rule, dominate Qal have dominion, rule, over

Hiph. and kings he causeth (him) to dominate

base

רָדָה vb. scrape out base

Bible Occurrences (25)

1:26 1:28

25:43 25:46 25:53 26:17

24:19

14:9

4:24 5:16 9:23

8:10

9:28

49:14 68:27 72:8 110:2

14:2 14:6 41:2

5:31

1:13

29:15 34:4

3:13

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon [it].

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.

Leviticus 25:43

You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

Leviticus 25:46

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites..., no man may rule harshly over his brother.

Leviticus 25:53

He shall be treated... like a man hired from year to year, but [a foreign owner] must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

Leviticus 26:17

And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

Numbers 24:19

A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.

Judges 14:9

So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along.... And when he returned to his father... and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.