Hebrew Terms - Part 1B
This is part 1B of our series on Power. Be sure to see the other parts of this study. The following links will take you there.
Part 1A - Hebrew Terms
Part 1B - Hebrew Terms
Part 1C - Hebrew Terms
Part 2A - Greek Terms
Part 2B - Greek Terms
We continue in this section with more of the Hebrew terms used to identify the concept of power. The Hebrew term is presented along with its meaning and a list of scripture examples.
H3027 –yad – used 1663 times
3027. dÎy yad, yawd; a primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows):—(+ be) able, x about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, x bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, x by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, x enough, + fellowship, force, x from, hand(-staves, -y work), x he, himself, x in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, x mine, ministry, near, x of, x order, ordinance, x our, parts, pain, power, x presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, x thee, x by them, x themselves, x thine own, x thou, through, x throwing, + thumb, times, x to, x under, x us, x wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, x with (him, me, you), work, + yield, x yourselves.
Because of the extremely common usage no examples are provided.
H3201 – yakol – used 200 times
3201. lOkÎy yakol, yaw-kole´; or (fuller) lwøkÎy yakowl, yaw-kole´; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might):—be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Genesis 29:8: And they said, We cannot (negative sense), until all the flocks are gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
Genesis 30:8: And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Genesis 32:25: And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, He touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as He wrestled with him.
Genesis 32:28: And He said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince you have with YAHWEH and with men, and have prevailed.
Genesis 44:22: And we said unto my master, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Exodus 9:11: And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
Exodus 18:18: You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you: for this thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it yourself alone.
Exodus 18:23: If you shall do this thing, and Yahweh command you so, then you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
Exodus 33:20: And he said, You cannot see My face: for there shall no man see Me and live.
Exodus 40:35: And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.
Numbers 11:14: I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Numbers 13:30: And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
Numbers 22:6: Come now therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.
Deuteronomy 1:9: And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
Joshua 7:12: Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except you destroy the accursed from among you.
Joshua 17:12: Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
1 Samuel 6:20: And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy YAHWEH Elohim? And to whom shall He go up from us?
1 Samuel 17:9: If he is able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall you be our servants, and serve us.
1 Samuel 26:25: Then Saul said to David, Blessed are you, my son David: you shall both do great things, and also shall still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
2 Kings 16:5: Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
Jeremiah 1:19: And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says YAHWEH, to deliver you.
Jeremiah 5:22: Do you not fear Me, says YAHWEH. Will you not tremble at My presence, who has placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Hosea 12:4: Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;
Jonah 1:13: Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
H4475 - memshala – used 17 times
4475. hDlÎvVmRm memshalah, mem-shaw-law´; feminine of 4474; rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler:—dominion, government, power, to rule.
4474. lÎvVmIm mimshal, mim-shawl´; from 4910; a ruler or (abstractly) rule:—dominion, that ruled.
4910. lÅvDm mashal, maw-shal´; a primitive root; to rule:—(have, make to have) dominion, governor, x indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Genesis 1:16: And Elohim made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
1 Kings 9:19: And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
Psalms 103:22: Bless YAHWEH, all His works in all places of his dominion: bless YAHWEH, O my soul.
Psalms 145:13: Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
Isaiah 22:21: And I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your girdle, and I will commit your government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 34:1: The word which came unto Jeremiah from YAHWEH, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,
Daniel 11:5: And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
Micah 4:8: And you, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto you shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
H4910 – mashal – used 89 times
4910. lÅvDm mashal, maw-shal´; a primitive root; to rule:—(have, make to have) dominion, governor, x indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Genesis 3:16: Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shalt bring forth children; and your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.
Genesis 37:8: And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
Genesis 45:8: So now it was not you that sent me here, but YAHWEH: and He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 45:26: And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.
2 Samuel 23:3: The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of YAHWEH.
1 Kings 4:21: And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
2 Chronicles 20:6: And said, O YAHWEH, God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven? And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the heathen? And in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand You?
Psalms 8:6: You made Him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under His feet:
Psalms 22:28: For the kingdom is YAHWEH's: and He is the governor among the nations.
Psalms 66:7: He rules by His power for ever; His eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
Psalms 106:41: And He gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Proverbs 12:24: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 22:7: The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 29:2: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Isaiah 40:10: Behold, YAHWEH Elohim will come with a strong hand, and his arm shall rule for Him: behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him.
Lamentations 5:8: Servants have ruled over us: there is none that delivers us out of their hand.
Daniel 11:3: And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. 5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
Micah 5:2: But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
H5794 – az – used 27 times
5794. zAo {az, az; from 5810; strong, vehement, harsh:—fierce, + greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
5810. zÅzDo {azaz, aw-zaz´; a primitive root; to be stout (literally or figuratively):—harden, impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.
Genesis 49:7: Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:50: A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Psalms 18:17: He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Psalms 59:3: For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, Oh YAHWEH.
Isaiah 19:4: And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, says YAHWEH, YAHWEH of Assemblies.
Isaiah 25:3: Therefore shall the strong people glorify You, the city of the terrible nations shall fear You.
Isaiah 43:16: Thus says YAHWEH, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Daniel 8:23: And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
H5797 – oz, owz - used 99 times
5797. zOo {oz, oze; or (fully) zwøo {owz, oze; from 5810; strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise):—boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.
5810. zÅzDo {azaz, aw-zaz´; a primitive root; to be stout (literally or figuratively):—harden, impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.
Exodus 15:2: YAHWEH is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation: He is my God, and I will prepare Him a habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Leviticus 26:19: And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
1 Samuel 2:10: The adversaries of YAHWEH shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall He thunder upon them. YAHWEH shall judge the ends of the earth; and He shall give strength unto His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed.
1 Chronicles 16:11: Seek YAHWEH and His strength, seek His face continually.
1 Chronicles 16:27: Glory and honor are in His presence; strength and gladness are in His place.
Job 12:16: With Him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are His.
Psalms 8:2: Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have You ordained strength because of Your enemies, that You mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Psalms 21:13: You are exalted, YAHWEH, in Your own strength: so will we sing and praise Your power.
Psalms 28:7: YAHWEH is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise Him.
Psalms 28:8: YAHWEH is their strength, and He is the saving strength of His anointed.
Psalms 46:1 : YAHWEH is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalms 59:16: But I will sing of Your power; yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning: for You hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Psalms 61:3: For You have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Psalms 62:11: YAHWEH has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto YAHWEH.
Psalms 84:5: Blessed is the man whose strength is in You; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Psalms 96:6: Honor and majesty are before Him: strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
Proverbs 21:22: A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Proverbs 24:5: A wise man is strong; yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.
Isaiah 12:2: Behold, YAHWEH is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for YAHWEH YAH is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvation.
Jeremiah 16:19: Oh YAHWEH, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto You from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Ezekiel 33:28: For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.