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2.
(
$!
, 2690**), the neuter plural, perfect participle,
passive, of
, “to overturn,” is translated “ruins” in Acts 15:16; cf.
DIG
, No. 3.
See
OVERTHROW
.
RULE (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
$ )
, 746), “a beginning,” etc., denotes “rule,” Luke 20:20,
RV
, “rule” (
KJV
,
“power”); 1 Cor. 15:24; Eph. 1:21,
RV
, “rule” (
KJV
, “principality”). See
BEGINNING
, B.
2.
(
0
, 2583) is translated “rule” in the
KJV
of 2 Cor. 10:13, 15; in Gal.
6:16,
KJV
and
RV
; in Phil. 3:16,
KJV
(
RV
, in italics): see
PROVINCE
, No. 2.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
/$
, 756), (akin to A, No. 1), in the active voice denotes “to rule,”
Mark 10:42 and Rom. 15:12,
RV
, “to rule” (
KJV
, “to reign”). See
BEGIN
, A, No. 1.
2.
(
*
!
, 3616), from
, “a house,” and
, “a
master,” signifies “to rule the household”; so the
RV
in 1 Tim. 5:14 (
KJV
, “guide the
house”). See
GUIDE
, B,
Note
(1).¶ Cf.
, “a householder.”
3.
(
$ B
, 4291), lit., “to stand before,” hence, “to lead, attend to”
(indicating care and diligence), is translated “to rule” (middle voice), with reference to a
local church, in Rom. 12:8; perfect active in 1 Tim. 5:17; with reference to a family, 1
Tim. 3:4 and 12 (middle voice); v. 5 (2nd aorist, active). See
MAINTAIN
.
4.
(
4 !
, 2233), “to lead,” is translated “to rule” in Heb. 13:7, 17, 24
(
KJV
marg., in the first two, “are the guides” and “guide.”
5.
(
&
, 4165), “to act as a shepherd, tend flocks,” is translated “to
rule” in Rev. 2:27; 12:5; 19:15, all indicating that the governing power exercised by the
Shepherd is to be of a firm character; in Matt. 2:6,
KJV
, “shall rule” (
RV
, “shall be
shepherd of”). See
FEED
.
6.
$
(
$ "
, 1018), properly, “to act as an umpire” (
$
), hence,
generally, “to arbitrate, decide,” Col. 3:15, “rule” (
RV
, marg., “arbitrate”), representing
“the peace of Christ” (
RV
) as deciding all matters in the hearts of believers; some regard
the meaning as that of simply directing, controlling, “ruling.”¶ Cf.
$ ;
see
ROB
.
RULER
1.
(
/$
, 758), “a ruler, chief, prince,” is translated “rulers,” e.g., in 1 Cor.
2:6, 8,
RV
(
KJV
, “princes”); “ruler,” Rev. 1:5 (
KJV
, prince). See
MAGISTRATE
,
PRINCE
, No.
2.
2.
(
$ )
, 746), “a rule, sovereignty,” is rendered “rulers” in Luke 12:11,
RV
(
KJV
, “magistrates”). See
BEGINNING
.
** Differing gender, number, or verb forms (for instance, infinitive or participle) of other
words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a double asterisk (for instance,
, from
, is 3798**).