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Proverbs 8

Pr. 8:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By me princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
rule
sarar (Hebrew #8323)
to have (transitively, exercise; reflexively, get) dominion
KJV usage: X altogether, make self a prince, (bear) rule.
Pronounce: saw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and nobles
nadiyb (Hebrew #5081)
properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
KJV usage: free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing ((hearted)).
Pronounce: naw-deeb'
Origin: from 5068
, even all the judges
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Prince; Princess

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Pr. 8:16• 16Por mí dominan los príncipes, Y todos los gobernadores juzgan la tierra. (Pr. 8:16)
• Let the form of the government be what it may; the chief magistrate be of whatever character he will; faith can bow in obedience, owning that “the powers that be are ordained of God.” (“Proverbs Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth.