H7989: שַׁלִּיט
shallîyṭ · pronounced shal-leet' · “domineering”
Definition
potent; concretely, a prince or warrior
KJV translates it as: governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler.
Word origin: from H7980 (שָׁלַט);
Extended definition
1a) having mastery
1a1) ruler (subst)
1b) domineering, imperious
Aramaic equivalent: shal.lit (שַׁלִּיט "ruling" H7990)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7989 is translated
- ruler ×2
- rulers ×1
- having mastery ×1
Bible verses with H7989 (shallîyṭ)
Shallîyṭ appears in 4 verses.
- Genesis 42:6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: