the Third Week of Advent
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #8269 - שַׂר
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
- prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain
- chieftain, leader
- vassal, noble, official (under king)
- captain, general, commander (military)
- chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)
- heads, princes (of religious office)
- elders (of representative leaders of people)
- merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)
- patron-angel
- Ruler of rulers (of God)
- warden
- Book
- Word
did not use
this Strong's Number
1342) rx (סר SR) AC: Rule CO: Ruler AB: Noble: The pictograph x is a picture of a thorn representing a turning, the r is a picture of a head. Combined these mean "turn the head". The turning of the head to another direction. One who rules turns the people to his direction. The turning the head of the child or student into a particular direction.
A) rx (סר SR) AC: Turn CO: Ruler AB: ?: The turning of another toward a direction.
Nm) rx (סר SR) - I. Noble:One who has authority. [df: rV]II. Heavy:The weight of responsibility on one in authority. KJV (424): prince, captain, chief, ruler, governor, keeper, principal, general, lord, heavy, sad - Strongs: H5620 (סַר), H8269 (שַׂר)
Nf1) erx (סרה SRH) - I. Noblewoman:A female of authority. [df: hrV]II. Turning:Usually as a revolt. KJV (13): lady, princess, queen - Strongs: H5627 (סָרָה), H8282 (שָׂרָה)
hf1) erxm (מסרה MSRH) - Government: A body of people who turns the head of the people through power and legislation. [df: hrVm] KJV (2): government - Strongs: H4951 (מִשְׂרָה)
mm ) nrx (סרנ SRN) - I. Lord:One who has authority. II. Axle:For the turning wheel. KJV (22): lord, axle - Strongs: H5633 (סֶרֶן)
acm) rfxm (מסור MSWR) - Saw: An instrument that cuts with a back and forth action. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (1): saw - Strongs: H4883 (מַשּׂוֹר)
B) rrx (סרר SRR) AC: Rule CO: ? AB: ?
V) rrx (סרר SRR) - I. Rule:To make others turn in the direction of the ruler. [df: rrV]II. Turn:To turn away from the correct path toward another direction. KJV (22): (vf: Paal) rule, prince, altogether, rebellious, stubborn, revolter, revolting, backslide, away, withdrew - Strongs: H5637 (סָרַר), H8323 (שָׂרַר)
C) rxa (אסר ASR) AC: Bind CO: ? AB: ?: The yoke is bound to the neck of the oxen and used by the driver to turn the head of the oxen. A yoke was also used for prisoners. A binding of someone or something to move it by force.
V) rxa (אסר ASR) - Bind: KJV (72): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual) bind, prison, tie, prisoner - Strongs: H631 (אָסַר)
Nm) rxa (אסר ASR) - Decree: A decree that binds others to the will of the ruler. [Aramaic only] KJV (7): decree - Strongs: H633 (אֱסָר)
bm) rixa (אסיר ASYR) - Prison: On who is bound. KJV (15): prisoner, bound - Strongs: H615 (אָסִיר), H616 (אַסִּיר)
cm) rfxa (אסור ASWR) - Bonds: A device for restraining a prisoner. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (6): band, prison, imprisonment - Strongs: H612 (אֵסוּר), H613 (אֱסוּר)
em) rxia (איסר AYSR) - Bond: KJV (11): bond, binding - Strongs: H632 (אֱסָר)
D) rax (סאר SAR) AC: Knead CO: Bread AB: ?: The twisting and turning of the bread.
cm) rfax (סאור SAWR) - Leaven: [df: raV] KJV (5): leaven - Strongs: H7603 (שְׂאֹר)
hf2 ) traxm (מסארת MSART) - Kneading-bowl: [df: trasm] KJV (4): kneadingtrough, store - Strongs: H4863 (מִשְׁאֶרֶת)
G) rex (סהר SHR) AC: ? CO: Ornament AB: ?
Nm ) rex (סהר SHR) - Round: Something that is round. KJV (1): round - Strongs: H5469 (סַהַר)
jm) nfrex (סהרונ SHRWN) - Ornament: A round object. [df: NrhV] KJV (3): ornament, moon - Strongs: H7720 (שַׂהֲרֹנִים)
H) erx (סרה SRH) AC: Turn CO: ? AB: ?
V) erx (סרה SRH) - Turn: To turn toward another direction, usually in a negative sense. [df: hrV] KJV (2): (vf: Paal) revolt, rebellion, turn away, wrong, stroke - Strongs: H8280 (שָׂרָה)
J) rfx (סור SWR) AC: Rule CO: ? AB: ?: One who turns the head of the people through power and legislation.
V) rfx (סור SWR) - I. Remove:In the sense of turning something away. [df: rwV]II. Rule:To turn the heads of the people. KJV (305): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal) away, depart, remove, aside, take, turn, take, go, put, eschew, reign, power, prince - Strongs: H5493 (שׂוּר), H7786 (שׂוּר), H7787 (שׂוּר)
Nm) rfx (סור SWR) - Degenerate: Something that is turned away. KJV (1): degenerate - Strongs: H5494 (סוּר)
af2) trfxm (מסורת MSWRT) - Bond: What binds one to someone or something. KJV (1): bond - Strongs: H4562 (מָסֹרֶת)
kf1) erfxm (מסורה MSWRH) - Quantity: A large amount. [Unknown connection to root;] [df: hrwVm] KJV (4): measure - Strongs: H4884 (מְשׂוּרָה)
L) rxi (יסר YSR) AC: Correct CO: ? AB: Instruction: The turning the head, through instruction or force, of the child or student into a particular direction.
V) rxi (יסר YSR) - Correct: To make a change in direction through instruction or chastisement. KJV (9): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) chastise, instruct, correct, taught, bound, punish, reform, reprove - Strongs: H3256 (יָסַר)
am) rxfm (מוסר MWSR) - I. Instruction: II. Bond:What binds and restricts. KJV (62): instruction, band, bond - Strongs: H4561 (מֹסָר), H4147 (מֹסְרָה), H4148 (מוּסָר)
cm) rfxi (יסור YSWR) - Reprover: As a turning. KJV (1): instruct - Strongs: H3250 (יִסּוֹר)
dm) rfxi (יסור YSWR) - Depart: As a turning. KJV (1): depart - Strongs: H3249 (יָסוּר)
M) rix (סיר SYR) AC: ? CO: Pot AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root;]
Nm) rix (סיר SYR) - Pot: KJV (34): pot, caldron, thorn, pan - Strongs: H5518 (סִרָה)
Adopted Roots:
- A2345 Rxm (Commit)
- A2504 Brx (Brier)
- A2505 Crx (Wrap, Branch)
- A2506 Drx (Remain, Remnant)
- A2507 Hrx (Exceed)
- A2509 Krx (Twist, Lace)
- A2510 Xrx (Castrate, Eunuch)
- A2511 Orx (Exceed)
- A2758 Nzr (Rule, Prince)
- A2776 Nxr (Halter)
- A3041 Dprx ()
- A3023 Rxpu ()
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 chieftain, leader:
a. plural of Israel Numbers 21:18 (poem in J E; "" נְדִיֹב הָעָם), of Issachar Judges 5:15 (poem); שָׂרֵי גִלְעָד Judges 10:18 is dubious (we should expect ׳וְשׂ, and compare ׳זִקְנֵי ג, instead, Judges 11:5-11); of Midian Judges 7:25; Judges 8:3; Philistines 1 Samuel 29:3 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 29:4 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 29:9; (apparently = סְרָנִים 1 Samuel 29:2; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Samuel 29:7 [We], yet distinguished by HPS and [with reserve] Bu; ᵐ5ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Th Bu strike out in 1 Samuel 29:4 b), compare 1 Samuel 18:30; in poetry, of כְּמוֺשׁ (i.e. the leading Moabites) Jeremiah 48:7, of מָלכם (q. v.; i.e. the leading Ammonites) Amos 1:15 = Jeremiah 49:3.
b. singular David as leader of freebooters 1 Samuel 22:2; compare גְּדוּד׳שׂ 1 Kings 11:24, plural 2 Samuel 4:2.
2 vassal, noble, official, under king (acting, on occasion, as counselor, commander, etc.):
a. plural, in Egypt Genesis 12:15 (J) + 3t. Is + Genesis 30:4 Di Du Skinner (>of foreign embassy [compare "" מַלְאָכָיו] Che and others reading [Che Heb.Hpt. Marti] שָׁשׂרִים), Psalm 105:22; Moab Numbers 22:8 8t. 22,23 (JE), Amos 2:3; Edom Isaiah 34:12 ("" הֹרִים); Assyrian Isaiah 10:8; Isaiah 31:9; Babylonian Isaiah 21:5 7t. Jeremiah + 2 Chronicles 32:31 (but here perhaps vaguely = authorities); other nations Jeremiah 49:38 17t. Ezra , Esther; in General Isaiah 49:7; officials, official class, under kings of Israel: David (only Chronicles) 1 Chronicles 22:17 5t. 1Chronicles; Ezra 8:20; Song of Solomon 1Kings 4:2; Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24:12,14; Zedak. Jeremiah 34:21; 2 Chronicles 36:18; other kings 19t. 2Chronicles; in General Ecclesiastes 10:16,17; see also (Judah) Jeremiah 1:18 31t. Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 17:25 a strike out ׳שׂ Gf Che Gie Du), 4t. Lamentations; Ezekiel 17:12; Zephaniah 1:8 (where distinguished from בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ, who are never called ׳שׂ); Song of Solomon , in General, Nehemiah 9:32,34; Daniel 9:6,8; and (Northern Israel) Hosea 3:4 6t. Hosea.
b. as having powers of magistrate (‡adi) Exodus 2:14 (E + שֹׁפֵט); under Moses (over groups of 1000,100, 50,10) Exodus 18:21 7t. 18 (E), Deuteronomy 1:15 (4t. in verse); later in Judah Hosea 5:10 (Now reads ׳שָׂרֵי תִשׁ), Isaiah 1:23, compare Isaiah 3:4,14; Isaiah 32:1; Micah 7:3 (singular; "" שֹׁפֵט), Zephaniah 3:3 ("" id.), Ezekiel 22:27, compare Proverbs 8:16 ("" נְדִיבִים); Proverbs 28:2 read perhaps צָרֶיהָ, see Toy.
c. as ruler or magistrate of a district (מְרִינָה), 1 Kings 20:14,15,17,19; (compare Esther 1:3; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3, שָׂרֵי עַם וָעָם Esther 3:12).
d. as commandant of city, הָעִיר׳שׂ Judges 9:30, compare 1 Kings 22:26 2 Chronicles 18:25; 2 Kings 23:8; 2 Chronicles 34:8; of citadel, הַבִּירָה׳שׂ Nehemiah 7:2; plural of city officials סֻכּוֺת׳שׂ Judges 8:6,14 (distinguished from זְקֵנִים), compare 2 Kings 10:1; 2 Chronicles 29:20.
3 specifically military, = captain, General:
a.שַׂרֿ(ה)צבא Genesis 21:22,32 (E), Genesis 26:26 (J), 1 Samuel 12:9 23t., + ׳יֿ׳צֿ׳שׂ Joshua 5:14,15 (J E; צָבָא
1 b), angel-captain in vision; see also 8,9; ׳שָׂרֵי הַצּ 1 Kings 1:25 3t. Chronicles, ׳שָׂרִים בַּצּ 1 Chronicles 12:22 (Gi Baer; van d. H. v. 1 Chronicles 12:21); שָׂרֵי צְבָאוֺת Deuteronomy 20:9; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Chronicles 27:3; שַׂרהַֿחַ֫יִל 2 Samuel 24:2 (but read וְאֶלשָֿׂרֵי as ᵐ5 L and "" 1 Chronicles 21:2 Th We Dr HPS Bu), ׳שָׂרֵי (הַ)ח 1 Chronicles 21:4; 1 Chronicles 21:4; 2 Kings 9:5; 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 2:9, שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים 1 Kings 15:20 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Kings 25:23,26; Jeremiah 40:7,13 7t. Jeremiah; שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:6; so (ה)שׂר alone 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 19:7; 1 Kings 9:22 2 Chronicles 8:9 ᵐ5.:B Be Kit (שָׁרָיו וְשָׁלִישָׁיו, for ᵑ0׳שָׂרֵי שׁ), 2 Kings 9:5 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 11:6,21 9t., + Job 39:25; Daniel 11:5; וְגָדוֺל׳שׂ 2 Samuel 3:38 (of Abner); possibly military figurative also in שַׂר שָׁלוֺם Isaiah 9:5 (Messianic name).
b. leading companies of 50 2 Kings 1:9-14Isaiah 3:3, of 100 1 Samuel 22:7 16t. + 1 Samuel 8:12 (reading מֵאוֺת for חֲמִשִּׁיםᵐ5 HPS, compare We; Bu insert שָׂרֵימֵאוֺת), of 1000 1 Samuel 17:18 11t., + שָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִיםוְהַמֵּאוֺת 1 Chronicles 13:1; 1 Chronicles 26:26 (distinguished from שָׂרֵי הַצָּבָא), 1 Chronicles 27:1; 1 Chronicles 29:6; 2 Chronicles 1:2; also הָרֶכֶב׳שׂ captain of the chariotry 1 Kings 22:31,32,33 2 Chronicles 18:30; 18:31; 18:32 3t. + שָׂרֵיוּפָרָשָׁיו ׳ר 1 Kings 9:22 2 Chronicles 8:9.
4. a. chief, head, of other official classes: שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים, Egypt, Genesis 37:36 5t.; שָׂרֵי הָרָצִים 1 Kings 14:27 2 Chronicles 12:10; שָׂרֵי הַנִּצָּבִים 1 Kings 5:30; 1 Kings 9:23 2 Chronicles 8:10; even domestic positions (court of Pharaoh), שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים Genesis 40:2 5t., שַׂר הָאוֺפוֺת Genesis 40:2 4t. (all E); שָׂרֵיהַמּחְלְקוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:1, i.e. of the successive courses of royal military officials; compare הַשַּׂר 1 Chronicles 27:28; שַׂרהַסָּרִיסִים Daniel 1:7,8,9,10,11,18; שַׂר מְנוּחָה Jeremiah 51:59.
b. = overseer: שַׂר בֵּית הַסֹּהַר Genesis 39:21,23, שָׂרֵי מִקְנֶה Genesis 47:6 (all J; compare אַבִּיר הָרֹעִים 1 Samuel 21:8), שָׂרֵי מִסִּים Exodus 1:11 (J); compare 1 Chronicles 15:27; 1 Chronicles 29:6; 1 Chronicles 27:31; 1 Chronicles 28:1. — In 1 Chronicles 15:22 read probably סַר הַמַּשָּׂא (= שַׂר) overseer of the carrying (for ᵑ0בְּמַשָּׂא יָסֹר בַּמַּשָּׂא), so ᵐ5 Benz Kit, Be יָסֹר = יָשׂר; see another view יָסַר
Qal. 5. of religious office:שָׂרֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים Ezra 8:24,29; Ezra 10:5; 2 Chronicles 36:14; הַלְוִיִּם׳שׂ 1 Chronicles 15:16,22; 2 Chronicles 35:9, compare 1 Chronicles 15:5,6,7,8,10 (twice in verse); heads of classes or courses of priests, called שָׂרֵי קֹרֶשׁ 1 Chronicles 24:5, אֱלֹהִים׳שׂ 1 Chronicles 24:5; — ׳שָׂרֵי ק Isaiah 43:28 (usually consecrated princes, whether priests, or kings, or both) is probably corrupt, read perhaps שַׁעֲרֵי (Du) or וַיְחַלְּלוּ שָׂרֶיךָ קָרְשִׁיᵐ5 Houb Klo Che Hpt Gr (substantially).
6 late, of representative leaders of people, tribal heads, ׳שׂ׳שִׁבְטֵי יִשׂ 1 Chronicles 27:22; 1 Chronicles 29:6, compare 1 Chronicles 28:1; apparently = elders, הָעָם׳שׂ Ezekiel 11:1; 2 Chronicles 24:23; ׳שׂ alone, Psalm 68:28 (3t. in verse); in post-exilic Jerusalem Ezra 9:1,2; Nehemiah 4:10; Nehemiah 10:1; Nehemiah 11:1 (שָׂרֵיהָעָם), + elders Ezra 10:8,14; called שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה Nehemiah 12:31,32; of district-rulers Nehemiah 3:9,12,14,15,16,17,18,19; of heads of families, שָׂרֵי הָאָבוֺת Ezra 8:29; 1 Chronicles 29:6 (= רָאשֵׁי׳הָא 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 27:1; Nehemiah 7:70).
7 late, as term of rank and dignity, Isaiah 23:8 (compare 'merchant- princes'), Job 3:15; Job 29:9 ("" נְגִירִים), Job 34:19; Psalm 45:17; Psalm 82:7; Psalm 148:11, opposed to עבד(יםׅ Proverbs 19:10; Ecclesiastes 10:7; formidable foes Psalm 119:23; Psalm 119:161.
8 = patron-angel, only Daniel: שַׂר (מַלְכוּת) מָּרַס Daniel 10:13,20, יָוָן׳שׂ Daniel 10:20; specifically of מִיכָאֵל Daniel 10:13,21; Daniel 12:1
9שַׂרהַֿצָּבָא Daniel 8:11 = God (probably, compare צָרָא 1 c; yet see also ׳צ 1 b), so שַׂר שְׂרִים Daniel 8:25.
שַׂר pl. שָׂרִים (from the root שָׂרַר) m.
(1) leader, commander, especially of soldiers, Genesis 21:22; Job 39:25 of a royal body-guard, Genesis 37:36 of cupbearers, 40:9 of a city, 1 Kings 22:26 of a prison, Genesis 39:21, 22 Genesis 39:22 but שָׂרֵי מִקְנֶה rulers over cattle, Genesis 47:6.
(2) prince, Exodus 2:14; Isaiah 23:8 plur. nobles, courtiers, Genesis 12:15. Poet. שָׂרֵי קֹדֶשׁ used of the priests, Isaiah 43:28 שַׂר שָׂרִים of God [Christ], Daniel 8:25. In the book of Daniel (10:13, 20 Daniel 10:20), the princes of angels, i.e. the archangels interceding with God [?] for particular nations, οἱ ἑπτὰ ἄγγελοι, οἳ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ ἑστήκασι [?], Revelation 8:2. Fem. is שָׂרָה, which see.