Ruling
שַׁלִּיטStrong’s H7990shallit (shal-lit)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shallit is the Aramaic word usually translated “having mastery”, “authorized” and “powerful”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.”
Meaning
- Having mastery, having authority, rulinghaving or exercising mastery, ruling · ruler (subst) · having authority
How it's translated
- having mastery 6
- and having mastery 1
- authorized 1
- and powerful 1
- captain the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 8
- Ezra 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:15In contextHe answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
- Daniel 4:17In contextThis matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
- Daniel 4:25In contextThat they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Daniel 4:26In contextAnd whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.
- Daniel 4:32In contextAnd they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Daniel 5:21In contextAnd he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Aramaic dictionary
שַׁלִּיט shallit · ruling
1) having mastery, having authority, ruling 1a) having or exercising mastery, ruling 1b) ruler (subst) 1c) having authority 1c1) it is authorised
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ruling” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RU'LING, participle present
tense
- Governing; controlling the will and actions of intelligent beings, or the movements of other physical bodies.
- Marking by a ruler.
- Deciding; determining.
- adjective Predominant; chief; controlling; as a ruling passion.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.