Strong's Lexicon

H7985

H7985 — שָׁלטָּן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Aramaicsholtannoun mascOccurrences: 14TWOT: 3034a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7985
Word:שָׁלטָּן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:(Aramaic) from H7981
Language:Aramaic
Occurrences:14
Transliteration:sholtan
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shol-tawn'
Meaning:1. empire {abstractly or concretely}
KJV Renderings:dominion.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9959

שָׁלְטָן (K§ 61. 3, Belsp, a )) noun masculine Dan 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- Dan 3:33 +, נְהוֺן- Dan 7:12 plural emphatic שָׁלְטָנַיָּא Dan 7:27

1. dominion, sovereignty (usually of God): Dan 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; Dan 7:27 (twice in verse).
2. realm Dan 6:27a.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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