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Lexicon :: Strong's H7980 - šālaṭ

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שָׁלַט
Transliteration
šālaṭ
Pronunciation
shaw-lat'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2396

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַט shâlaṭ, shaw-lat'; a primitive root; to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit:—(bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7980 in the following manner: rule (4x), give power (3x), dominion (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7980 in the following manner: rule (4x), give power (3x), dominion (1x).

  1. to domineer, exercise power over, dominate, have mastery, be master, lord it over

    1. (Qal) to domineer, lord it over, become master

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to give power of

      2. to get mastery of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַט shâlaṭ, shaw-lat'; a primitive root; to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit:—(bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.
STRONGS H7980: Abbreviations
† שָׁלַט verb domineer, be master of (late) (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šalâṭu, have power; Arabic bdb102006 overcome, prevail; bdb102007 strong, hard, bdb102008 dominion, also ruler, sultan; Ethiopic bdb102009 Aramaic שְׁלַט, bdb102010 (especially derived species), Nabataean שלט, שלטן); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 8:9, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשְׁלַט Ecclesiastes 2:19, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׁלוֺט Esther 9:1; — domineer, lord it over, עַל person, Nehemiah 5:15; ב person Ecclesiastes 8:9 (לְרַע לוֺ); ב of thing Ecclesiastes 2:19; become master of, ב person Esther 9:1 (twice in verse).
Hiph.
1. give power of: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix person וְהִשְׁלִימוֺ לֶאֱכֹל Ecclesiastes 5:18, so Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַשְׁליטֶנּוּ Ecclesiastes 6:2 (both subject God).
2. = Qal, get mastery of: jussive 3rd person feminine singular אַלתַּֿשְׁלֶטבִּֿי כָּלאָֿ֑וֶן Psalm 119:133.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7981.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Nehemiah

5:15

Esther

9:1; 9:1

Psalms

119:133

Ecclesiastes

2:19; 2:19; 5:18; 6:2; 8:9; 8:9

H7980

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7980 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַט (šālaṭ),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the former H7223 governors H6346 who H834 were before H6440 me [fn]laid H3513 burdens H3513 on the people H5971 and took H3947 from them bread H3899 and wine H3196 besides H310 forty H705 shekels H8255 of silver; H3701 even H1571 their servants H5288 domineered H7980 the people. H5971 But I did not do H6213 so H3651 because H4480 H6440 of the fear H3374 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 - Now in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Adar), H143 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 [fn]day H3117 when H834 the king’s H4428 command H1697 and edict H1881 [fn]were about to be executed, H6213 on the day H3117 when H834 the enemies H340 of the Jews H3064 hoped H7663 to gain H7980 the mastery H7980 over H7980 them, it was turned H2015 to the contrary so that the Jews H3064 themselves H1992 gained H7980 the mastery H7980 over H7980 those who hated H8130 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - Establish H3559 my footsteps H6471 in Your [fn]word, H565
And do not let any H3605 iniquity H205 have H7980 dominion H7980 over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who H4310 knows H3045 whether he will be a wise H2450 man H2450 or H176 a fool? H5530 Yet he will have [fn]control H7980 over H7980 all H3605 the fruit H5999 of my labor H5999 for which H7945 I have labored H5998 by acting H2449 wisely H2449 under H8478 the sun. H8121 This H2088 too H1571 is vanity. H1892

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Furthermore, H1571 as for every H3605 man H120 to whom H834 God H430 has given H5414 riches H6239 and wealth, H5233 He has also empowered H7980 him to eat H398 from them and to receive H5375 his [fn]reward H2506 and rejoice H8055 in his labor; H5999 this H2090 is the gift H4991 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - a man H376 to whom H834 God H430 has given H5414 riches H6239 and wealth H5233 and honor H3519 so that his soul H5315 lacks H2638 nothing H369 of all H3605 that he desires; H183 yet God H430 has not empowered H7980 him to eat H398 from them, for a foreigner H5237 [fn]enjoys H398 them. This H2088 is [fn]vanity H1892 and a severe H7451 affliction. H2483

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All H3605 this H2088 I have seen H7200 and applied H5414 my [fn]mind H3820 to every H3605 deed H4639 that has been done H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121 wherein H834 a man H120 has exercised H7980 authority H7980 over another man H120 to his hurt. H7451
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