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Lexicon :: Strong's H7980 - šālaṭ

Aa
שָׁלַט
Transliteration
šālaṭ
Pronunciation
shaw-lat'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2396

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַט shâlaṭ, shaw-lat'; a primitive root; to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit:—(bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7980 in the following manner: rule (4x), give power (3x), dominion (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7980 in the following manner: rule (4x), give power (3x), dominion (1x).

  1. to domineer, exercise power over, dominate, have mastery, be master, lord it over

    1. (Qal) to domineer, lord it over, become master

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to give power of

      2. to get mastery of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַט shâlaṭ, shaw-lat'; a primitive root; to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit:—(bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.
STRONGS H7980: Abbreviations
† שָׁלַט verb domineer, be master of (late) (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šalâṭu, have power; Arabic bdb102006 overcome, prevail; bdb102007 strong, hard, bdb102008 dominion, also ruler, sultan; Ethiopic bdb102009 Aramaic שְׁלַט, bdb102010 (especially derived species), Nabataean שלט, שלטן); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 8:9, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשְׁלַט Ecclesiastes 2:19, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׁלוֺט Esther 9:1; — domineer, lord it over, עַל person, Nehemiah 5:15; ב person Ecclesiastes 8:9 (לְרַע לוֺ); ב of thing Ecclesiastes 2:19; become master of, ב person Esther 9:1 (twice in verse).
Hiph.
1. give power of: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix person וְהִשְׁלִימוֺ לֶאֱכֹל Ecclesiastes 5:18, so Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַשְׁליטֶנּוּ Ecclesiastes 6:2 (both subject God).
2. = Qal, get mastery of: jussive 3rd person feminine singular אַלתַּֿשְׁלֶטבִּֿי כָּלאָֿ֑וֶן Psalm 119:133.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7981.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Nehemiah

5:15

Esther

9:1; 9:1

Psalms

119:133

Ecclesiastes

2:19; 2:19; 5:18; 6:2; 8:9; 8:9

H7980

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7980 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַט (šālaṭ),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the H6346➔ former H7223 governors ➔H6346 that H834 had been before me H6440 were chargeable H3513 unto H5921 the people, H5971 and had taken H3947 of them H1992 bread H3899 and wine, H3196 beside H310 forty H705 shekels H8255 of silver; H3701 yea, even H1571 their servants H5288 bare rule H7980 over H5921 the people: H5971 but H589➔ so H3651 did H6213 not H3808 I, ➔H589 because H6440 of the fear H3374 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 - Now in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month, H2320 that H1931 is, the month H2320 Adar, H143 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the same, when H834 the king's H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 drew near H5060 to be put in execution, H6213 in the day H3117 that H834 the enemies H341 of the Jews H3064 hoped H7663 to have power H7980 over them, (though H2015➔ it H1931 was turned to the contrary, ➔H2015 that H834 the Jews H3064 had rule over H7980 them H1992 that hated them;) H8130

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - Order H3559 my steps H6471 in thy word: H565 and H408➔ let H7980➔ not ➔H408 any H3605 iniquity H205 have dominion ➔ H7980 over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who H4310 knoweth H3045 whether H2450➔ he shall be H1961 a wise ➔H2450 man or H176 a fool? H5530 yet shall he have rule H7980 over all H3605 my labour H5999 wherein I have laboured, H5998 and wherein I have shewed myself wise H2449 under H8478 the sun. H8121 This H2088 is also H1571 vanity. H1892

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Every H3605 man H120 also H1571 to whom H834 God H430 hath given H5414 riches H6239 and wealth, H5233 and hath given him power H7980 to eat H398 thereof, H4480 and to take H5375 his portion, H2506 and to rejoice H8055 in his labour; H5999 this H1931 is the gift H4991 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - A man H376 to whom H834 God H430 hath given H5414 riches, H6239 wealth, H5233 and honour, H3519 so that he H369➔ wanteth H2638 nothing ➔H369 for his soul H5315 of all H3605 that H834 he desireth, H183 yet H3808➔ God H430 giveth him H7980➔ not ➔H3808 power ➔ H7980 to eat H398 thereof, H4480 but H3588 a stranger H376 H5237 eateth it: H398 this H2088 is vanity, H1892 and H2483➔ it H1931 is an ➔H2483➔ evil H7451 disease. ➔H2483

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All H3605 this H2088 have I seen, H7200 and applied H5414 my heart H3820 unto every H3605 work H4639 that H834 is done H6213 under H8478 the sun: H8121 there is a time H6256 wherein H834 one man H120 ruleth H7980 over another H120 to H7451➔ his own hurt. ➔H7451
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