Strong H7989שַׁלִּיט
domineering
- Transliteration
- shallîyţ
- Pronunciation
- shal-leet'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Adjective
Definition
From H7980; potent; concretely a prince or warrior: - {governor} {mighty} that hath {power} ruler.
Detailed definition
1) having mastery, domineering, master
1a) having mastery
1a1) ruler (subst)
1b) domineering, imperious
Aramaic equivalent: shal.lit (שַׁלִּיט "ruling" H7990)
1a) having mastery
1a1) ruler (subst)
1b) domineering, imperious
Aramaic equivalent: shal.lit (שַׁלִּיט "ruling" H7990)
In the Bible
Strong H7989 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- governor1
- mighty1
- power1
- ruler1
First verses
- Genesis 42:6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: