H7983 שִׁלְטוֹן (shilṭôwn) shil-tone'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

power

Strong's Definition

{power.}

Derivation: (Aramaic) from H7980 (שָׁלַט);

KJV Usage: power.

TWOT Reference: 2396b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) mastery

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁלְטוֹן (shil.ton) — power. mastery, power Aramaic equivalent: che.sen (חֵ֫סֶן "authority" H2632)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שִׁלְטֹון (H7983)

noun m · שׁלט

Control

control, authority = state in which humans have control over other humans or events

ECC 8:4 · ECC 8:8

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁלְטוֹן n.[m.] mastery base

Bible Occurrences (2)

8:4 8:8

Ecclesiastes 8:4

For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, What are you doing?

Ecclesiastes 8:8

As no man has power over the wind to contain [it], so no one has authority over [his] day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.