King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7990
Transliteration: shallit
Phonetic Spelling: (shal-leet')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: having mastery, ruling
Meaning: mighty, permission, a premier
Word Summary
shallit: having mastery, ruling
Original Word: שַׁלִּיטTransliteration: shallit
Phonetic Spelling: (shal-leet')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: having mastery, ruling
Meaning: mighty, permission, a premier
Strong's Concordance
captain, be lawful, ruler (Aramaic) corresponding to shalliyt; mighty; abstractly, permission; concretely, a premier -- captain, be lawful, rule(- r).
see HEBREW shalliyt
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7990. shallit
שַׁלִּיט adjective having mastery, ruling; — absolute ׳שׁ Ezra 7:24 +, emphatic אָ֯ Daniel 2:15; masculine plural שְׁלִיטִין Ezra 4:20, מִן- Daniel 4:23; —
1 having, exercising, mastery:
a. of God, followed by ב, Daniel 4:14; 4:22; 4:29; 5:21; absolute, of heavens 4:23
b. of kings Ezra 4:20 (ב).
2 as noun = ruler Daniel 2:10, captain 2:15.
3 having authority to do a thing (Infinitive), hence impersonal = it is authorized, Ezra 7:24 (so often in Syriac; compare S-CA 11 + למבנה שליט אנת).