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Lexicon :: Strong's H7981 - šᵊlēṭ

Aa
שְׁלֵט
Transliteration
šᵊlēṭ
Pronunciation
shel-ate'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to שָׁלַט (H7980)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 3034

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁלֵט shᵉlêṭ, shel-ate'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7980:—have the mastery, have power, bear rule, be (make) ruler.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H7981 in the following manner: ...ruler (4x), have power, have mastery, rule (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H7981 in the following manner: ...ruler (4x), have power, have mastery, rule (1x).

  1. to have power, rule, domineer, rule over

    1. (P'al) have power upon or over, rule, fall upon, assault, be ruler

    2. (Aphel) make ruler

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁלֵט shᵉlêṭ, shel-ate'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7980:—have the mastery, have power, bear rule, be (make) ruler.
STRONGS H7981: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

שְׁלֵט verb have power, rule (Targum Syriac; Biblical Hebrew H7980 (which see) late); —
Pe. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Daniel 3:27, 3rd person masculine plural שְׁלִ֫טוּ Daniel 6:25 [Daniel 6:24]; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁלַ֑ט Daniel 5:7, 3rd person feminine singular תִּשְׁלַט Daniel 2:39, 2nd person masculine singular תִּשְׁלַ֑ט Daniel 5:16; — have power upon, ב of thing, Daniel 3:27 (of fire); fall upon, assault (Targum = בְּ פָּגַע), ב person Daniel 6:25 [Daniel 6:24]; (of lions); subject person rule, be ruler, absolute, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:16, subject kingdom, ב of earth, Daniel 2:39.
Haph. make ruler: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הַשְׁלְטָח Daniel 2:38 (ב person, etc.); הַשְׁלְטֵהּ Daniel 2:48 (עַל of province).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

2:38; 2:39; 2:39; 2:48; 3:27; 3:27; 5:7; 5:7; 5:16; 5:16; 6:24; 6:24

H7981

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7981 matches the Hebrew שְׁלֵט (šᵊlēṭ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:38 - Wherever the children of men are living; into whose hands he has given the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven, and has made you ruler over them all, you are the head of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:39 - And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him offerings in great number, and made him ruler over all the land of Babylon, and chief over all the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - And the captains, the chiefs, and the rulers, and the king's wise men who had come together, saw these men, over whose bodies the fire had no power, and not a hair of their heads was burned, and their coats were not changed, and there was no smell of fire about them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 - And at the king's order, they took those men who had said evil against Daniel, and put them in the lions' hole, with their wives and their children; and they had not got to the floor of the hole before the lions overcame them and all their bones were broken.
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