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Lexicon :: Strong's H7989 - šallîṭ

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שַׁלִּיט
Transliteration
šallîṭ
Pronunciation
shal-leet'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2396a

Strong’s Definitions

שַׁלִּיט shallîyṭ, shal-leet'; from H7980; potent; concretely, a prince or warrior:—governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H7989 in the following manner: governor (1x), mighty (1x), that hath power (1x), ruler (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H7989 in the following manner: governor (1x), mighty (1x), that hath power (1x), ruler (1x).

  1. having mastery, domineering, master

    1. having mastery

      1. ruler (subst)

    2. domineering, imperious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שַׁלִּיט shallîyṭ, shal-leet'; from H7980; potent; concretely, a prince or warrior:—governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler.
STRONGS H7989: Abbreviations
† שַׁלִּיט adjective having mastery, domineering; —
1. having mastery: בָּרוּחַ אֵין אָדָם שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 8:8; elsewhere as substantive הַשּׁ׳ the ruler Ecclesiastes 10:5, so (with עַלהָֿאָרֶץ) Genesis 42:6 (probably late substitution for original word of E); plural as substantive שַׁלִּיטִים Ecclesiastes 7:19 (specifically of Alexander's successors PerlesAnal. 42).
2. domineering, imperious, feminine singular (Kö ii. 10. 201) אִשָּׁה זוֺנָה שַׁלָּ֑טֶת [H7986 Ezekiel 16:30] (Jerusalem personified).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

42:6

Ecclesiastes

7:19; 8:8; 10:5

H7989

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7989 matches the Hebrew שַׁלִּיט (šallîṭ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now Joseph was the one H7989 in power H7989 over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with their [fn]faces to the ground.

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Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten men with power H7989 who are in a city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - There is no man who has H7989 power H7989 to restrain the wind with the wind, and there is none who has power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and wickedness will not provide escape to its masters.

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There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a mistake which goes forth from the one in power H7989—

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