HebrewH7983Noun (Masculine)
שִׁלְטוֹן
shil.ton
“power”
2Occurrences
H7983Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
{power.}
(Aramaic) from H7980 (שָׁלַט);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
mastery, power Aramaic equivalent: che.sen (*חֵ֫סֶן *"authority" H2632)
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
H:N-M
Full Description
H:N-M
Occurrences
שִׁלְטוֹן appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ecclesiastes
2
Key Passages
Ecclesiastes 8:4BSB
For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Ecclesiastes 8:8BSB
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.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.