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Lexicon :: Strong's H7985 - šālṭān

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שָׁלְטָן
Transliteration
šālṭān
Pronunciation
shol-tawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 3034a

Strong’s Definitions

שׇׁלְטָן sholṭân, shol-tawn'; (Aramaic) from H7981; empire (abstractly or concretely):—dominion.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H7985 in the following manner: dominion (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H7985 in the following manner: dominion (14x).

  1. dominion, sovereignty

    1. dominion, sovereignty

    2. realm

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שׇׁלְטָן sholṭân, shol-tawn'; (Aramaic) from H7981; empire (abstractly or concretely):—dominion.
STRONGS H7985: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† שָׁלְטָן (K§ 61. 3, Belsp, a)) noun masculineDaniel 7:6 dominion; — שׁ׳ absolute Daniel 7:6, 14, construct Daniel 6:27 +; emphatic שָׁלְטָנָא Daniel 7:27; suffix שָׁלְטָנָח Daniel 4:19, נֵהּ- Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3] +, נְהוֺן- Daniel 7:12; plural emphatic שָׁלְטָנַיָּא Daniel 7:27; —
1. dominion, sovereignty (usually of God): Daniel 3:33; Daniel 4:19; Daniel 4:31 (twice in verse); Daniel 6:27b; Daniel 7:6, 12, 14 (3 times in verse); Daniel 7:26, 27 (twice in verse).
2. realm Daniel 6:27a.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

4:3; 4:19; 4:19; 4:31; 6:27; 6:27; 6:27; 7:6; 7:6; 7:6; 7:12; 7:12; 7:14; 7:14; 7:26; 7:27; 7:27; 7:27

H7985

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7985 matches the Hebrew שָׁלְטָן (šālṭān),
which occurs 14 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3 - How great are his signs,
how mighty his wonders!
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and his dominion endures from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:22 - it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever,
for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel,
for he is the living God,
enduring forever;
his kingdom shall never be destroyed,
and his dominion shall be to the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:6 - After this I looked, and behold, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back. And the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:12 - As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:26 - But the court shall sit in judgment,
and his dominion shall be taken away,
to be consumed and destroyed to the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - And the kingdom and the dominion
and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven
shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High;
his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey him.’[fn]
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