Reign
Bible Usage:
- reign used 168 times.
- reigned used 176 times.
- reignest used once.
- reigneth used 13 times.
- reigning used once.
- First Reference: Genesis 37:8
- Last Reference: Revelation 22:5
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H4427 Used 114 times
- H4437 Used 4 times
- H4438 Used 21 times
- H4467 Used 2 times
- H4468 Used 1 time
- H4480 Used 2 times
- H4910 Used 4 times
- H6113 Used 1 time
- H7287 Used 1 time
- G2231 Used 1 time
- G936 Used 13 times
REIGN, verb intransitive rane. [Latin regno, a derivative of rego, regnum.]
1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to rule; to exercise government, as a king or emperor; or to hold the supreme power. George the third reigned over Great Britain more than fifty years.
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness. Isaiah 32:1.
2. To be predominant; to prevail.
Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer or autumn.
3. To rule; to have superior or uncontrolled dominion. Romans 6:12.
[This word is never applied to the exercise of supreme power by a legislative body or the executive administration, in the United States.]
REIGN, noun rane. [Latin regnum.]
1. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty.
He who like a father held his reign
2. The time during which a king, queen or emperor possesses the supreme authority. The Spanish armada was equipped to invade England in the reign of queen Elizabeth. Magna Charta was obtained in the reign of king John.
3. Kingdom; dominion.
Saturn's sons received the threefold reign of heav'n, of ocean, and deep hell beneath.
4. Power; influence.
5. Prevalence.
REIGNING, participle present tense ra'ning.
1. Holding or exercising supreme power; ruling; governing as king, queen or emperor.
2. adjective Predominating; prevailing; as a reigning vice or disease.
Bible Usage:
- reign used 168 times.
- reigned used 176 times.
- reignest used once.
- reigneth used 13 times.
- reigning used once.
- First Reference: Genesis 37:8
- Last Reference: Revelation 22:5
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H4427 Used 114 times
- H4437 Used 4 times
- H4438 Used 21 times
- H4467 Used 2 times
- H4468 Used 1 time
- H4480 Used 2 times
- H4910 Used 4 times
- H6113 Used 1 time
- H7287 Used 1 time
- G2231 Used 1 time
- G936 Used 13 times