Word

שׇׁלְטָן

sholṭân · H7985 · Aramaic · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

dominion

State in which humans or deities have control or authority over (other) humans

Examples
Daniel 4:3 “How great are His signs And how mighty are His miracles! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion is from generation to generation.
Daniel 4:22 it is you, O king; for you have become great and grown strong, and your majesty has become great and reached to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
Daniel 4:34 “But at the end of that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever; For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

10 occurrences in 5 groups

הוּhis 5
עָלַםfor ever 2
מַלְכוּkingdom, reign 1
ךָyour 1
הֶםtheir 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עֲדָאto pass away, to be taken away 1

What it doesIt is the subject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

יְהַבdeliver 3
פְּלַחminister 1
שְׁמַעhear 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

עֲדָאto pass away, to be taken away 2

What it is said to bePredicate

5 occurrences in 3 groups

דָּרgeneration 2
סוֹףend 2
שׇׁלְטָןdominion 2

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

שׇׁלְטָןdominion 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with 3

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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In the other Testament 1 word

ἐξουσία exousía · G1849 · authority to rule, right to control, jurisdiction: Greek ἐξουσία denotes authority/power with emphasis on the right or capacity to exercise it (privilege, competency, freedom), while Hebrew שׇׁלְטָן denotes dominion/rulership with emphasis on sovereign control or governmental authority; both terms share the core semantic domain of authoritative power but differ in register nuance (ἐξουσία emphasizes the legitimacy/right to rule, שׇׁלְטָן emphasizes the actual sovereign domain ruled).

Semantic domains 1 entry

Control002003002007: Daniel 7:14 recounts that “to Him was given dominion, Honor, and a kingdom... His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away.”

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁלַט shâlaṭ · H7980 · to control, to rule, to be in charge · 8×שׇׁלְטָןsholṭân · H7985שַׁלִּיט shallîyṭ · H7990 · captain, be lawful, rule · 10×שְׁלֵט shᵉlêṭ · H7981 · have the mastery, have power, bear rule · 7×שֶׁלֶט sheleṭ · H7982 · shield · 7×שַׁלִּיט shallîyṭ · H7989 · master, ruler, governor · 4×שִׁלְטוֹן shilṭôwn · H7983 · control, authority · 2×שִׁלְטוֹן shilṭôwn · H7984 · ruler · 2×שַׁלֶּטֶת shalleṭeth · H7986 · brazen, self-willed, headstrong · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7985. sholtan שָׁלְטָן (K§ 61. 3, Belsp, a)) noun masculineDan 7:6 dominion; — ׳שׁ…

H7985. sholtan
שָׁלְטָן (K§ 61. 3, Belsp, a))
noun masculineDan 7:6 dominion; — ׳שׁ absolute Dan 7:6, Dan 7:14, construct Dan 6:27 +; emphatic שָׁלְטָנָא Dan 7:27; suffix שָׁלְטָנָח Dan 4:19, נֵהּ- Daniel 3:33 +, נְהוֺן- Dan 7:12; plural emphatic שָׁלְטָנַיָּא Dan 7:27; —
1 dominion, sovereignty (usually of God): Daniel 3:33; Dan 4:19; Dan 4:31 (twice in verse); Dan 6:27b; Dan 7:6, Dan 7:12, Dan 7:14 (3 t. in verse); Dan 7:26-27, (twice in verse).
2 realm Dan 6:27a.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Control12 occurrences

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