מָשַׁלmâshal

Meanings

Same root

• מִמְשָׁלmimshâl · H4474a ruler or (abstractly) rule
• מָשָׁלmâshâl · H4912properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
• מֹשֶׁלmôshel · H4915empire; a parallel

Where it appears

Appears 81 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 1:18 to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 3:16 Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.”
• Genesis 4:7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”
• Genesis 24:2 One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh.
• Genesis 37:8 His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.
• Genesis 45:8 So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.