שַׁלִּיט shallîyṭ

Meaning

potent; concretely, a prince or warrior

In the King James Version: governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler.

Derivation: from H7980 (שָׁלַט);

Where it is used

• Genesis 42:6 Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
• Ecclesiastes 7:19 Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
• 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.
• Ecclesiastes 10:5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler: