Rule
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"a beginning," etc., denotes "rule," Luke 20:20 , RV, "rule" (AV, "power"); 1—Corinthians 15:24; Ephesians 1:21 , RV, "rule" (AV, "principality"). See Beginning , B.
is translated "rule" in the AV of 2—Corinthians 10:13,15; in Galatians 6:16 , AV and RV; in Philippians 3:16 , AV (RV, in italics): see Province , No. 2.
(akin to A, No. 1), in the Active Voice denotes "to rule," Mark 10:42; Romans 15:12 , RV, "to rule" (AV, "to reign"). See Begin , A, No. 1.
from oikos, "a house," and despotes, "a master," signifies "to rule the household;" so the RV in 1—Timothy 5:14 (AV, "guide the house"). See Guide , B, Note (1). Cp. oikodespotes, "a householder."
lit., "to stand before," hence, "to lead, attend to" (indicating care and diligence), is translated "to rule" (Middle Voice), with reference to a local church, in Romans 12:8; perfect Active in 1—Timothy 5:17; with reference to a family, 1—Timothy 3:4,12 (Middle Voice); 1—Timothy 3:5 (2nd aorist, Active). See Maintain.
"to lead," is translated "to rule" in Hebrews 13:7,17,24 (AV marg., in the first two, "are the guides" and "guide."
"to act as a shepherd, tend flocks," is translated "to rule" in Revelation 2:27; 12:5; 19:15 , all indicating that the governing power exercised by the Shepherd is to be of a firm character; in Matthew 2:6 , AV, "shall rule" (RV, "shall be shepherd of"). See Feed.
properly, "to act as an umpire" (brabeus), hence, generally, "to arbitrate, decide," Colossians 3:15 , "rule" (RV, marg., "arbitrate"), representing "the peace of Christ" (RV) as deciding all matters in the hearts of believers; some regard the meaning as that of simply directing, controlling, "ruling." Cp. katabrabeuo; see Rob.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. i.) To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; - often followed by over.
(2): ( v. i.) To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.
(3): ( n.) To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.
(4): ( v. i.) To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before.
(5): ( n.) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.
(6): ( a.) A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
(7): ( a.) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock.
(8): ( n.) To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; - used chiefly in the passive.
(9): ( n.) To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage.
(10): ( a.) Uniform or established course of things.
(11): ( a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.
(12): ( a.) A composing rule. See under Conposing.
(13): ( n.) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
(14): ( a.) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly.
(15): ( a.) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.
(16): ( a.) A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the rule.
(17): ( a.) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.
(18): ( a.) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
(19): ( a.) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
(20): ( a.) Conduct in general; behavior.
(21): ( a.) Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions.
King James Dictionary [3]
RULE, n. L. regula, from rego, to govern, that is, to stretch, strain or make straight.
1. Government sway empire control supreme command or authority.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame. Proverbs 17 .
And his stern rule the groaning land obey'd.
2. That which is established as a principle, standard or directory that by which any thing is to be adjusted or regulated, or to which it is to be conformed that which is settled by authority or custom for guidance and direction. Thus a statute or law is a rule of conduct a canon is a rule of ecclesiastical government the precept or command of a father is a rule of action or obedience to children precedents in law are rules of decision to judges maxims and customs furnish rules for regulating our social opinions and manners. The laws of God are rules for directing us in life, paramount to all others.
A rule which you do not apply, is no rule at all.
3. An instrument by which lines are drawn.
Judicious artist will use his eye, but he will trust only to his rule.
4. Established mode or course of proceeding prescribed in private life. Every man should have some fixed rules for managing his own affairs. 5. In literature, a maxim, canon or precept to be observed in any art or science. 6. In monasteries, corporations or societies, a law or regulation to be observed by the society and its particular members. 7. In courts, rules are the determinations and orders of court, to be observed by its officers in conducting the business of the court. 8. In arithmetic and algebra, a determinate mode prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result. 9. In grammar, an establish form of construction in a particular class of words or the expression of that form in words. Thus it is a rule in English, that s or es, added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun but man forms its plural men, and is an exception to the rule.
Rule of three, is that rule of arithmetic which directs, when three terms are given, how to find a fourth, which shall have the same ratio to the third term, as the second has to the first.
RULE,
1. To govern to control the will and actions of others, either by arbitrary power and authority, or by established laws. The emperors of the east rule their subjects without the restraints of a constitution. In limited governments, men are ruled by known laws.
If a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? 1 Timothy 3 .
2. To govern the movements of things to conduct to manage to control. That God rules the world he has created, is a fundamental article of belief. 3. To manage to conduct, in almost any manner. 4. To settle as by a rule.
That's a ruled case with the schoolmen.
5. To mark with lines by a ruler as, to rule a blank book. 6. To establish by decree or decision to determine as a court.
RULE, To have power or command to exercise supreme authority.
By me princes rule. Proverbs 8 .
It is often followed by over.
They shall rule over their oppressors. Isaiah 14 .
We subdue and rule over all other creatures.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words [4]
Mâshal ( מָשַׁל , Strong'S #4910), “to rule, reign, have dominion.” This term is common in both ancient and modern Hebrew. It is found approximately 100 times in the text of the Hebrew Old Testament. The word is used for the first time in the Old Testament in Gen. 1:18, where the sun, moon, and stars are designated “to rule over the day and over the night.…”
Mâshal is used most frequently in the text to express the “ruling or dominion” of one person over another (Gen. 3:16; 24:2). Cain is advised “to rule over” or “master” sin (Gen. 4:7). Joseph’s brothers respond to his dreams with the angry question: “Shalt thou indeed reign over us?” (Gen. 37:8; the Hebrew verb here is literally “ruling will you rule,” the repetition of the same root giving the needed emphasis).
As Creator and Sovereign over His world, God “ruleth by his power for ever” (Ps. 66:7). When God allowed Israel to have a king, it was with the condition that God was still the ultimate King and that first loyalty belonged to Him (Deut. 17:14-20). This theocratic ideal is perhaps best expressed by Gideon: “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you” (Judg. 8:23). With the possible exception of David, no king of Israel fully lived up to the theocratic ideal, and David himself had some problems with it.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]
RULE . See Arts and Crafts, § 1 .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(Heb. kav, קִו , A Line for measuring. as elsewhere rendered) is mentioned ( Isaiah 44:13) among the tools of the carpenter ( חָרִשׁ עֵצים , Hewer Of Wood ), the associated implements being the "line" (Heb. Sered, ַֹשרֶד , probably A Graver), the "plane " (Heb. Maktsu'Ah , מִקְצוּעָה , probably A Chisel), and the "compass" (Heb, Mechugah, מְחוּגָה , probably Compasses). (See Handicraft).
