KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of rule, meaning to govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 2 Samuel 23:3
Complete exact-word concordance
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
The God of Israel said, the Rocke of Israel spake to me: he that ruleth ouer men must be iust, ruling in the feare of God:
1611 marginal noteOr, be thou ruler, &c.
Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childlesse, a man that shall not prosper in his dayes: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting vpon the throne of Dauid, and ruling any more in Iudah.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their owne houses well.
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