שַׁלִּיט
shallîyṭ · H7990 · Aramaic · 10 occurrences
Meanings
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master, ruler, governor, captain
A person in a position of high authority
ExamplesEzra 4:20 that mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the Euphrates River, and that tribute, custom tax, and toll were paid to them.
Daniel 2:10 The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is no person on earth who could declare the matter to the king, because no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any soothsayer priest, sorcerer, or Chaldean.
Daniel 2:15 he said to Arioch, the king’s officer, “For what reason is the decree from the king so harsh?” Then Arioch informed Daniel of the matter.
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lawful, allowed, permissible
State in which someone in a position of authority has given permission for a certain activity to take place
ExamplesEzra 7:24 “We also inform you that it is not allowed to impose tax, tribute, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מֶלֶךְking 1
- תְּלַתthird 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֲרְיוֹךְArioch 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָוָאto be 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- עִלַּיhigh 3
- מִדָּהmeasure 1
- אֱלָהּGod, god 1
- שָׁמַיִןheaven 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 1 word
- אָצִיל ʼâtsîyl · H678 · farthest corner, leader
- Both words denote persons in positions of authority or leadership: אָצִיל (ʼâtsîyl, H678) describes a noble or chief man, and שַׁלִּיט (shallîyṭ, H7990) a ruler or captain; their senses of leadership status overlap.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Leaders001001003005
- Daniel 5:29 recounts that “they clothed Daniel with purple... and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.”
- Right002001003013
- Ezra 7:24 recounts that “it is not allowed to impose tax, tribute, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.”
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7990. shallit שַׁלִּיט adjective having mastery, ruling; — absolute ׳שׁ Ezr 7:24 +,…
שַׁלִּיט adjective having mastery, ruling; — absolute ׳שׁ Ezr 7:24 +, emphatic אָ֯ Dan 2:15; masculine plural שְׁלִיטִין Ezr 4:20, מִן- Dan 4:23; —
1 having, exercising, mastery:
a. of God, followed by ב, Dan 4:14; Dan 4:22; Dan 4:29; Dan 5:21; absolute, of heavens Dan 4:23
b. of kings Ezr 4:20 (ב).
2 as noun = ruler Dan 2:10, captain Dan 2:15.
3 having authority to do a thing (Infinitive), hence impersonal = it is authorized, Ezr 7:24 (so often in Syriac; compare S-CA 11 + למבנה שליט אנת).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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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