שִׁלְטוֹן
shilṭôwn · H7983 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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control, authority
State in which humans have control over other humans or events
ExamplesEcclesiastes 8:4 Since the word of the king is authoritative, who will say to him, “What are you doing?”
Ecclesiastes 8:8 No one has authority over the wind to restrain the wind, nor authority over the day of death; and there is no military discharge in the time of war, and evil will not save those who practice it.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- מֶמְשָׁלָה memshâlâh · H4475 · rule, dominion, ruler
- Hebrew abstract noun denoting dominion, rule, or realm of authority; semantically overlaps with שִׁלְטוֹן as both denote governing power, though from distinct root families (מ-שׁ-ל vs. שׁ-ל-ט).
- מִשְׂרָה misrâh · H4951 · dominion
- Hebrew noun for dominion or rule (from root שׂ-ר-ר); abstract term for governing authority closely parallel in sense to שִׁלְטוֹן.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἐξουσία exousía · G1849 · authority to rule, right to control, jurisdiction
- Greek equivalent for the abstract noun denoting power, authority, or dominion; standard translation equivalent in LXX and NT contexts for Hebrew terms denoting governing power or authority.
- κράτος krátos · G2904 · power, might, mighty deed
- Greek noun for power or might, particularly sovereign power or dominion; suitable equivalent for Hebrew abstract nouns denoting ruling power.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Control002003002007
- The noun for power or authority, directly shown in the king's word being "authoritative" (Ecclesiastes 8:4) and the observation that "no one has authority" over the wind or the day of death (Ecclesiastes 8:8).
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7983. shilton שִׁלְטוֺן noun [masculine] mastery (LagBN 199); — Ecc 8:4, Ecc 8:8 (with…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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