שִׁלְטוֹן
shil.ton
“governor”
Definition
{a potentate}
(Aramaic) or שִׁלְטֹןlemma שִׁלְטן missing vowel, corrected to שִׁלְטֹן; corresponding to H7983 (שִׁלְטוֹן)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
A:N-M
A:N-M
Occurrences
שִׁלְטוֹן appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.
So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.