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reign

Meaning of “reign”

Sense 1: To exercise kingly rule, dominion, governing power, or controlling power. Sense 2: Royal rule or dominion, or the period during which a ruler governs.

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168 occurrences162 verses28 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 37:8

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2 Kings 3:1
NOW Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Now Iehoram the sonne of Ahab began to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, the eighteenth yere of Iehoshaphat king of Iudah, and reigned twelue yeeres.

2 Kings 8:16
¶ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:16 · retained source text

¶ And in the fifth yeere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab king of Israel, Iehoshaphat being then king of Iudah, Iehoram the sonne of Iehoshaphat king of Iudah began to reigne.

1611 marginal noteHebr. reigned.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 21.4.

2 Kings 8:17
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:17 · retained source text

Thirtie and two yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and hee reigned eight yeeres in Ierusalem.

2 Kings 8:25
¶ In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:25 · retained source text

¶ In the twelfth yeere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab, king of Israel, did Ahaziah, the sonne of Iehoram king of Iudah, begin to reigne.

2 Kings 8:26
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:26 · retained source text

Two and twentie yeeres old was Ahaziah when he began to reigne, and he reigned one yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

2 Kings 9:29
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 9:29 · retained source text

And in the eleuenth yeere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reigne ouer Iudah.

2 Kings 11:3
And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 11:3 · retained source text

And he was with her hidde in the House of the LORD, sixe yeeres: and Athaliah did reigne ouer the land.

2 Kings 12:1
IN the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:1 · retained source text

¶ In the seuenth yeere of Iehu, Iehoash began to reigne, and fourtie yeeres reigned he in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 24.1.

2 Kings 13:1
IN the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 13:1 · retained source text

¶ In the three and twentieth yeere of Ioash the sonne of Ahaziah king of Iudah, Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu beganne to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, and reigned seuenteene yeeres.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the twentieth yeere and third yeere.

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