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Lexicon :: Strong's H7990 - šallîṭ

Aa
שַׁלִּיט
Transliteration
šallîṭ
Pronunciation
shal-leet'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to שַׁלִּיט (H7989)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 3034b

Strong’s Definitions

שַׁלִּיט shallîyṭ, shal-leet'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7989; mighty; abstractly, permission; concretely, a premier:—captain, be lawful, rule(-r).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H7990 in the following manner: rule (6x), ruler (2x), captain (1x), lawful (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H7990 in the following manner: rule (6x), ruler (2x), captain (1x), lawful (1x).

  1. having mastery, having authority, ruling

    1. having or exercising mastery, ruling

    2. ruler (subst)

    3. having authority

      1. it is authorised

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שַׁלִּיט shallîyṭ, shal-leet'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7989; mighty; abstractly, permission; concretely, a premier:—captain, be lawful, rule(-r).
STRONGS H7990: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† שַׁלִּיט adjective having mastery, ruling; — absolute שׁ׳ Ezra 7:24 +, emphatic אָ֯ Daniel 2:15; masculine plural שְׁלִיטִין Ezra 4:20, מִן- Daniel 4:23 [Daniel 4:26]; —
1. having, exercising, mastery:
a. of God, followed by ב, Daniel 4:14 [Daniel 4:17]; Daniel 4:22 [Daniel 4:25]; Daniel 4:29 [Daniel 4:32]; Daniel 5:21; absolute, of heavens Daniel 4:23 [Daniel 4:26]
b. of kings Ezra 4:20 (ב).
2. as noun = ruler Daniel 2:10, captain Daniel 2:15.
3. having authority to do a thing (Infinitive), hence impersonal = it is authorized, Ezra 7:24 (so often in Syriac; compare S-CA 11 + אנת שליט למבנה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:20; 4:20; 7:24; 7:24

Daniel

2:10; 2:15; 2:15; 4:17; 4:25; 4:26; 4:26; 4:29; 4:32; 5:21

H7990

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7990 matches the Hebrew שַׁלִּיט (šallîṭ),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20 - Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem, ruling over all the country across the river, to whom they gave taxes and payments in goods and forced payments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24 - In addition, we make it clear to you, that it will be against the law to put any tax or payment in goods or forced payment on any of the priests or Levites, the music-makers, door-keepers, Nethinim, or any servants of this house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in answer, There is not a man on earth able to make clear the king's business; for no king, however great his power, has ever made such a request to any wonder-worker or user of secret arts or Chaldaean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king, why is the king's order so cruel? Then Arioch gave Daniel an account of the business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17 - This order is fixed by the watchers, and the decision is by the word of the holy ones: so that the living may be certain that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure, lifting up over it the lowest of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - That they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and you will be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - And as they gave orders to let the broken end and the roots of the tree be, so your kingdom will be safe for you after it is clear to you that the heavens are ruling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - And they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29 - Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck, and a public statement was made that he was to be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
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