שַׁלִּיט
shal.lit
“domineering”
Definition
potent; concretely, a prince or warrior
from H7980 (שָׁלַט);
- having mastery, domineering, master 1a) having mastery 1a1) ruler (subst) 1b) domineering, imperious Aramaic equivalent: shal.lit (*שַׁלִּיט *"ruling" H7990)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
שַׁלִּיט appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
Wisdom makes the wise manstronger than ten rulers in a city.
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
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