shltan · dominion, rule

What it means

shltan (שׇׁלְטָן) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “dominion, rule”.

(Aramaic): the power to govern; also the realm that is ruled.

How to say it

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

1. The power to rule; God's eternal reign.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• dominion ×13
• dominions ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 4:3

  His signs, how great! And his wonders, how mighty! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and his dominion is with generation and generation.

• Daniel 4:22

  it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong, and your greatness has grown and reached to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth.

• Daniel 4:34

  And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to the heavens, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed Illaya, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever, whose dominion is an eternal dominion, and his kingdom is with generation and generation.

• Daniel 6:26

  From before me a decree is made that in all the dominion of my kingdom people are to be trembling and fearing before the Elah of Daniel, for he is the living Elah, and enduring forever; and his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed, and his dominion is to the end.

• Daniel 7:6

  After this I was looking, and look, another, like a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird on its back; and the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it.

• Daniel 7:12

  And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but a lengthening of life was given them for a season and a time.

• Daniel 7:14

  And to him was given dominion and honor and kingdom, and all the peoples, nations, and languages will serve him; his dominion is an eternal dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will not be destroyed.

• Daniel 7:26

  But the court will sit, and his dominion they will take away, to annihilate and to destroy it to the end.

• Daniel 7:27

  And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under all the heavens will be given to the people of the saints of Illaya; his kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey him.’

And 5 more times.