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Judges 9:22
“When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שׂוּרsûwr · soor
H7786 · Hebrew
H7786 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to vanquish; by implication, to rule (causatively, crown)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- make princes, have power, reign. See H5493 (סוּר).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יָּ֧שַׂר — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 2 times in the Hebrew Bible.Hosea 12:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שׂוּר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.