Shalat means “have dominion” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7980 שָׁלַט (shalat) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shalat (shaw-lat') v. 1. to dominate, i.e. govern 2. (by implication) to permit It has 7 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include have, power, and rule. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shalat (shaw-lat') v. 1. to dominate, i.e. govern 2. (by implication) to permit [a primitive root] KJV: (bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7980. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to domineer
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shalat, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7980.
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
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Shalat (Strong's H7980) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "have dominion". shalat (shaw-lat') v. 1. to dominate, i.e. govern 2. (by implication) to permit
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H7980 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7980 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as have, power, and rule. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.