# H7989 שַׁלִּיט

שַׁלִּיט (shallîyṭ), Strong’s H7989: potent; concretely, a prince or warrior KJV: governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler.. Occurs 4 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H7989 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*shallîyṭ* — potent; concretely, a prince or warrior

KJV: governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler.

Derived from [שָׁלַט shâlaṭ](https://besorah.bible/word/H7980) (to dominate, i.e. govern)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שַׁלִּיט adj. having mastery, domineering

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 42:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=6) — Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and…
- [Ecclesiastes 7:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/7?v=19) — Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
- [Ecclesiastes 8:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/8?v=8) — There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death…
- [Ecclesiastes 10:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/10?v=5) — There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.