1) to domineer, exercise power over, dominate, have mastery, be master, lord it over 1a) (Qal) to domineer, lord it over, become master 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to give power of 1b2) to get mastery of Aramaic equivalent: she.let (שְׁלֵט "to rule" H7981)
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H7980 — שָׁלַט
sha.lat · to domineer · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Nehemiah 5:15 · שָׁלְט֣וּthe former governors who are before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people—and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.Esther 9:1 · לִשְׁל֣וֹט · יִשְׁלְט֧וּAnd in the twelfth month—it is the month of Adar—on the thirteenth day of it, in which the word of the king, even his law, hath come to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to rule over them, and it is turned that the Jews rule over those hating them—Psalm 119:133 · תַּשְׁלֶט־My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.Ecclesiastes 2:19 · וְיִשְׁלַט֙And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also is vanity.Ecclesiastes 5:19 · וְהִשְׁלִיט֨וֹEvery man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of God.Ecclesiastes 6:2 · יַשְׁלִיטֶ֤נּוּA man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.Ecclesiastes 8:9 · שָׁלַ֧טAll this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.