Quick Definition
to domineer
Strong's Definition
to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.
TWOT Reference: 2396
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁלַט (sha.lat) — to domineer. 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)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שִׁלְטֹון · שַׁלֶּטֶת · שַׁלִּיט · שִׁלְטֹן · שָׁלְטָן
Control | verb qal, verb pe'al
to control, to rule, to be in charge, to have power over = process by which humans gain control over other humans or objects
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Control | verb qal, verb pe'al
to lord it over, to overpower = action by which humans or wild animals exercise control over (other) humans, ► and so have the ability to do with them as they please; ≈ mostly used in a negative sense
Control | verb hif
to give control = causative action by which deities give humans power over objects, ► and so enable that them to handle these objects as they please
Control | verb hif
to give control = causative action by which deities give a certain condition control over a human being ► and so enable it to influence that person's behavior
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁלַט vb. domineer, be master of (late) Qal domineer, lord it over
Hiph. give power of
get mastery of
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