שִׁלְטוֹן
shilton · power, authority
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7983 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shilton (שִׁלְטוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “power, authority”.
One who has power.
How to say it
shil·ton
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Command no one can question.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ecclesiastes 8:4
Because the word of the king is power, and who will say to him, “What are you doing?”
- Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no human being with power over the breath to retain the breath, nor is there power over the day of death, nor is there discharge in war, nor will wickedness deliver its owners.