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    H7287

    Dominion

    רָדָה (Radah)

    To rule, have dominion, or exercise authority over creation.

    Hebrew
    Pronunciation: rah-DAH

    Definition

    The Hebrew word radah means to rule or have dominion, describing the authority God delegated to humanity over creation in Genesis.

    Featured KJV occurrences (3)

    Genesis 1:26

    “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth.”
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    Psalm 8:6

    “Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.”
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    Psalm 72:8

    “He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.”
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    Strong's dictionary data from openscriptures/strongs (CC-BY-SA), derived from Strong's 1890/1894 public-domain concordance.