שׇׁלְטָן sholtan

Hebrew word for “dominion” · Strong’s H7985 · used 14 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

1) dominion, sovereignty; 1a) dominion, sovereignty; 1b) realm

How it is translated

Glosses given for sholtan in context, with how often each is used:

• dominion 12
• dominion the 1
• empires the 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 7 (5), Daniel 4 (3), Daniel 6 (1)

Forms

• שׁלטן 4
• ושׁלטנה 3
• שׁלטנה 2
• ושׁלטנך 1
• ושׁלטן 1
• שׁלטנהון 1
• ושׁלטנא 1
• שׁלטניא 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sholtan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עָלַם alam “perpetuity” 5
• מַלְכוּ malkhu “kingdom” 5
• דִּי di “that” 6
• יְהַב yehav “to give” 4
• סוֹף soph “end” 3
• חַי chay “living” 3
• עֲדָה adah “to pass on/over/away” 3
• עַד ad “till” 3
• שָׁמַיִן shamayin “heaven” 3
• דָּר dar “generation” 2
• כֹּל kol “all” 3
• רְבוּ revu “greatness” 2

Key verses

The verses using sholtan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Daniel 4:3 — How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
• Daniel 4:22 — It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
• Daniel 4:34 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I…
• Daniel 6:26 — I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his…
• Daniel 7:6 — After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given…
• Daniel 7:12 — As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
• Daniel 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion,…
• Daniel 7:26 — But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
• Daniel 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.