Shᵉlêṭ — H7981

Definition

verb

to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit

1. to have power, rule, domineer, rule over
1. (P'al) have power upon or over, rule, fall upon, assault, be ruler
2. (Aphel) make ruler

Usually translated as

ruler, have the mastery, have power, bear rule, be

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7980

• Shâlaṭ (H7980)

Greek equivalents

• apodeíknymi (G584)
• háptomai (G680)
• háptō (G681)
• árchō (G757)
• kathístēmi (G2525)
• kyrieúō (G2961)

Occurrences

Shᵉlêṭ occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (7)

• Daniel 2:38 — And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler (וְהַשְׁלְטָ֖ךְ) over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
• Daniel 2:39 — And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule (תִשְׁלַ֖ט) over all the earth.
• Daniel 2:48 — Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler (וְהַ֨שְׁלְטֵ֔הּ) over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
• Daniel 3:27 — And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power (שְׁלֵ֨ט), nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
• Daniel 5:7 — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler (יִשְׁלַֽט) in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:16 — And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler (תִּשְׁלַֽט) in the kingdom.
• Daniel 6:24 — And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery (שְׁלִ֤טֽוּ) of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.