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reigned

Meaning of “reigned”

Past-tense or past-participial form of reign (to rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority).

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176 occurrences163 verses15 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 36:31

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1 Kings 2:11
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 2:11 · retained source text

And the dayes that Dauid raigned ouer Israel, were fourty yeeres: seuen yeeres raigned hee in Hebron, and thirty and three yeeres raigned hee in Ierusalem.

1611 marginal note2.Sam.5.4. 1.Chron. 29.26,27.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 4:21 · retained source text

And Solomon reigned ouer all kingdoms from the riuer vnto the land of the Philistines, and vnto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and serued Solomon all the dayes of his life.

1611 marginal noteEcclus. 47.15.

1 Kings 11:24
And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 11:24 · retained source text

And he gathered men vnto him, and became captaine ouer a band, when Dauid slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

1 Kings 11:25
And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 11:25 · retained source text

And he was an aduersarie to Israel all the dayes of Solomon, beside the mischiefe that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned ouer Syria.

1 Kings 11:42
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 11:42 · retained source text

And the time that Solomon reigned in Ierusalem, ouer all Israel, was fourtie yeeres.

1611 marginal noteHeb. dayes.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 9.30.

1 Kings 11:43
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 11:43 · retained source text

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid his father: and Rehoboam his sonne reigned in his stead.

1611 marginal noteMat.1.7. called Roboam.

1 Kings 12:17
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 12:17 · retained source text

But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Iudah, Rehoboam reigned ouer them.

1 Kings 14:19
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 14:19 · retained source text

And the rest of the actes of Ieroboam, how hee warred, and how hee reigned, behold, they are written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

1 Kings 14:20
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 14:20 · retained source text

And the dayes which Ieroboam reigned, were two and twentie yeeres: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his sonne reigned in his stead.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lay downe.

1 Kings 14:21
¶ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 14:21 · retained source text

¶ And Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon reigned in Iudah: Rehoboam was fourtie and one yeeres olde when he began to reigne, and hee reigned seuenteene yeeres in Ierusalem, the citie which the LORD did chuse out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his Name there: and his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonitesse.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 12.13.

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