שַׁלִּיט shallit

Hebrew word for “ruling” · Strong’s H7990 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) having mastery, having authority, ruling;

How it is translated

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

• having mastery 7
• authorized 1
• powerful 1
• captain the 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 4 (4), Daniel 2 (2), Daniel 5 (2), Ezra 4 (1), Ezra 7 (1)

Forms

• שׁליט 6
• ושׁליטין 1
• ושׁליט 1
• שׁליטא 1
• שׁלטן 1

Words used with it

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

• עַל al “since” 9
• יְדַע yeda “to know” 7
• דִּי di “that” 9
• מַלְכוּ malkhu “kingdom” 6
• אֱנָשׁ enash “man” 5
• צְבָא tseva “to will” 4
• עִלַּי illay “Most High” 4
• מָן man “who?” 4
• מִן־ min “from” 5
• טְעֵם team “to feed” 3
• עַד ad “till” 4
• מְדוֹר medor “dwelling” 3

Key verses

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

• Ezra 4:20 — There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
• Ezra 7:24 — Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to…
• Daniel 2:10 — The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor…
• Daniel 2:15 — He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
• Daniel 4:17 — This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in…
• Daniel 4:25 — That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet…
• Daniel 4:26 — And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.
• Daniel 4:32 — And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall…
• Daniel 5:21 — And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen,…
• Daniel 5:29 — Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should…

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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.