KJV dictionary & concordance
Dominance or victory in a struggle or contest.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Exodus 32:18
Complete exact-word concordance
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
And he said, It is not the voyce of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voyce of them that cry for being ouercome: but the noyse of them that sing doe I heare.
1611 marginal noteHeb. weaknesse.
¶ And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
¶ And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of Lyons, them, their children, and their wiues: and the Lyons had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or euer they came at the bottome of the den.
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
And euery man that striueth for the masterie, is temperate in all things: Now they doe it to obtaine a corruptible crowne, but we an incorruptible.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Exodus 32:18 directly contrasts mastery with being overcome, Daniel 6:24 shows the lions prevailing, and 1 Corinthians 9:25 supplies the contest. The dominance-or-victory boundary is intrinsic.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
