שׇׁלְטָן
sholṭân · shol-tawn'
empire (abstractly or concretely)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from H7981 (שְׁלֵט);
empire (abstractly or concretely)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dominion.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to surround and contain › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to surround and contain of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׇׁלְטָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- dominion3 · 21%
- and his dominion2 · 14%
- and dominion2 · 14%
- and thy dominion1 · 7%
- whose dominion1 · 7%
- they had their dominion1 · 7%
- him dominion1 · 7%
- him: his dominion1 · 7%
- his dominion1 · 7%
- dominions1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel14
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.