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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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Showing verses 71–80 of 162 · 168 word occurrences in this result

2 Kings 24:8
¶ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 24:8 · retained source text

¶ Iehoiachin was eighteene yeres old when he began to reigne, & he reigned in Ierusalem three moneths: & his mothers name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, of Ierusalem.

2 Kings 24:12
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 24:12 · retained source text

And Iehoiachin the King of Iudah went out to the king of Babylon, hee, and his mother, and his seruants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon tooke him in the eight yeere of his reigne.

1611 marginal noteOr, Eunuches.

2 Kings 24:18
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 24:18 · retained source text

Zedekiah was twentie and one yeeres olde when hee began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Hamutal, the daughter of Ieremiah of Libnah.

2 Kings 25:1
AND it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 25:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in the ninth yeere of his reigne, in the tenth moneth, in the tenth day of the moneth, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, hee, and all his hoste, against Ierusalem, and pitched against it, and they built fortes against it, round about.

1611 marginal noteIere. 39.1. and 52.4.

2 Kings 25:27
¶ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 25:27 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in the seuen and thirtieth yeere of the captiuitie of Iehoiachin king of Iudah, in the twelfth moneth, on the seuen and twentieth day of the moneth, that Euilmerodach king of Babylon, in the yeere that he began to reigne, did lift vp the head of Iehoiachin king of Iudah out of prison.

1 Chronicles 4:31
And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 4:31 · retained source text

And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-Susim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities, vnto the reigne of Dauid.

1611 marginal noteOr, Hazar-Susa, Iosh. 19.5.

1 Chronicles 26:31
Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 26:31 · retained source text

Among the Hebronites was Ieriiah the chiefe, euen among the Hebronits, according to the generations of his fathers: in the fourtieth yeere of the reigne of Dauid, they were sought for, and there were found among them mightie men of valour, at Iazer of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 29:30
With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 29:30 · retained source text

With all his reigne and his might, and the times that went ouer him, and ouer Israel, and ouer all the kingdomes of the countreys.

2 Chronicles 1:8
And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 1:8 · retained source text

And Solomon saide vnto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto Dauid my father, and hast made me to reigne in his stead:

1611 marginal note1.Chro. 28.5.

2 Chronicles 3:2
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 3:2 · retained source text

And he began to build in the second day of the second moneth, in the fourth yeere of his reigne.

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