Strong's Concordance
Original word: שָׁלַט
Transliteration: shalat
Definition (short): empowered
Definition (full): to dominate, govern, to permit
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to domineer, be master of
NASB Translation: control over (1), domineered (1), empowered (2), exercised authority (1), gain the mastery over (1), gained the mastery over (1), have dominion (1), mastery over (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; to dominate, i.e. Govern; by implication, to permit -- (bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.
References
KJV:
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
NASB:
But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.
KJV:
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
NASB:
Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day when the king's command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.