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Imperious

שַׁלֶּטֶתStrong’s H7986

shalletet (shal-le-tet)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Shalletet is the Hebrew word usually translated “imperious”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;”
Ezekiel 16:30 KJV
Meaning
  1. Imperious, domineering
How it's translated
  • imperious 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ezekiel 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    שַׁלֶּטֶת shalletet · imperious

    imperious, domineering

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “imperious” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    IMPE'RIOUS, adjective

    [Latin imperiosus.]

    1. Commanding; dictatorial; haughty; arrogant; overbearing; domineering; as an imperious tyrant; an imperious dictator; an imperious man; an imperious temper.
    2. Commanding; indicating an imperious temper; authoritative; as imperious words.
    3. Powerful; overbearing; not to be opposed by obstacles; as a man of a vast and imperious mind.
    4. Commanding; urgent; pressing; as imperious love; imperious circumstances; imperious appetite.
    All definitions
    1. Authoritative; commanding with rightful authority.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.