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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7860 - שָׁטַר

Transliteration

shôṭêr

Phonetics

sho-tare'

Root Word (Etymology)

act part of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write

Parts of Speech

Masculine

TWOT

2374a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) (Qal) official, officer

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 315 ‑ ἀναγκάζω (an‑ang‑kad'‑zo); 1122 ‑ γραμματεύς (gram‑mat‑yooce'); 2923 ‑ κριτής (kree‑tace');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (25)

Exodus 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 7

Joshua 5

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Proverbs 1

NAS (25)

Exodus 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 7

Joshua 5

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Proverbs 1

HCS (25)

Exodus 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 7

Joshua 5

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Proverbs 1

BSB (25)

Exodus 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 7

Joshua 5

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Proverbs 1

ESV (20)

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 7

Joshua 5

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Proverbs 1

WEB (25)

Exodus 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 7

Joshua 5

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

Proverbs 1

KJV (25)

officers 23

overseer 1

ruler 1

NAS (25)

Officer 1

foremen 5

officers 17

official 1

officials 1

HCS (25)

administrator 1

are officers 1

are to be officers 1

foremen 5

officer 1

officers 13

officials 2

the officers 1

BSB (25)

Then the officers 1

When the officers 1

[will serve as] officers 1

and [all] your officers 1

and as officers 1

and foremen 1

and officers 3

and officials 1

and their foremen 1

and their officers 1

are to be officers 1

as officers 1

foremen 3

officers 2

officials 1

the officer 1

the officers 2

without an overseer 1

ESV (20)

officer 2

officers 17

officials 1

WEB (25)

* 1

The officers 4

Then the officers 1

and for their officers 2

and officers 5

and their officers 3

and your officers 2

for officers 1

overseer 1

shall be officers 1

that the officers 1

the officer 1

the officers 1

were officers 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2833) r u s (סהתהר ShThR) AC: Rule CO: Domain AB: ?: [from: us- punishment from a ruler]

V) r u s (סהתהר ShThR) - Rule: KJV (25): (vf: Paal) officer, ruler, overseer - Strongs: H7860 (שָׁטַר)

h^m) r u s m (מסהתהר MShThR) - Domain: KJV (1): dominion - Strongs: H4896 (מִשְׁטָר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שֹׁטֵר noun masculine official, officer (properly scribe, secretary? or from original meaning as arranger, organizer?); — absolute ׳שׁ Proverbs 6:7, ׳שׁו 2 Chronicles 26:11; plural שֹׁטְרִים Deuteronomy 1:15 +, etc.; — apparently subordinate officer, judicial, civil or military (compare Dr^{Deuteronomy 1. 15} Gray^{Numbers 11:16}); organizing people for marching Joshua 1:10; Joshua 3:2 (both E), compare Deuteronomy 20:5,8,9; appointed over Israel by Egyptian overseers Exodus 5:14, compare Exodus 5:6; Exodus 5:10; Exodus 5:15; Exodus 5:19 (all J); elsewhere + זְקֵנִים Numbers 11:16 (E), Deuteronomy 29:9; Deuteronomy 31:28; + שֹׁפְטִים Deuteronomy 16:18; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 26:29, + ׳ז and ׳שֹׁפ Joshua 8:33 (R^D), and ( + רָאשִׁים) Joshua 23:2 (R^D), Joshua 24:1 (E, or R^D); ׳שֹׁט as minor judges also Deuteronomy 1:15; הַמְשָֽׁרְתִים אֶתהַֿמֶּלֶךְ׳שֹׁט 1 Chronicles 27:1, chosen from Levites 2 Chronicles 19:11; 34:13 (+ סוֺפְרִים, שׁוֺעֲרִים); as title of individual 2 Chronicles 26:11 ("" הַסּוֺפֵר); of ant, אֵיןלָֿהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמשֵׁל Proverbs 6:7.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׁטַר Arab. سطر to write, whence Part. שֹׁטֵר prop. a scribe. (LXX. γραμματεύς, γραμματοεισαγωγεύς. Syr. ܣܳܦܪܐܳ), hence from the art of writing having in very ancient times been especially used forensically (compare כָּתַב letter d, ٍاتب a scribe and judge, Gr. γράφειν, γράφεσθαι), a magistrate, prefect of the people (comp. Arab. سَيْطَرَ to excel in any thing, followed by على, مُسَيْطِرُ a prefect. Targ. סָרֵךְ, סַרְכָן, Vulg. magister, dux, exactor. Specially, שֹׁטְרִים is used of

(a) the prefects of the people of Israel in Egypt, -Ex. 5:619 ; and in the desert, Numbers 11:16 (used of the seventy elders); Deuter. 20:9 29:9 31:28 Joshua 1:10, 3:2 8:33 23:2 24:1.

(b) magistrates in the towns of Palestine, Deuteronomy 16:18; 1 Chronicles 23:4, 26:29 2 Chronicles 19:11, 34:13. Used of the superior magistrates, Proverbs 6:7 and 2 Chronicles 26:11 (where there is no need to understand a military officer, as a census of soldiers might be taken by a civil magistrate).

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List of Word Forms

הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים֮ הַשֹּׁטְרִ֖ים הַשֹּׁטְרִים֮ הַשּׁוֹטֵ֑ר השוטר השטרים וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים וְשֹׁ֣טְרֵיכֶ֔ם וְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים וְשֹׁטְרִ֣ים ׀ וְשֹׁטְרִ֥ים וְשֹׁטְרֵיהֶם֩ וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶ֑ם וְשֹׁטְרָ֑יו וּלְשֹֽׁטְרָ֑יו וּלְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו ולשטריו ושטריהם ושטריו ושטריכם ושטרים לְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים לשטרים שֹֽׁטְרֵ֧י שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ שֹׁטְרֵ֥י שֹׁטְרָ֖יו שֹׁטֵ֥ר שטר שטרי שטריו haš·šō·ṭə·rîm haš·šō·w·ṭêr hashshoTer hashshoteRim haššōṭərîm haššōwṭêr lə·šō·ṭə·rîm leshoteRim ləšōṭərîm shoTer shoteRav shoteRei šō·ṭə·rāw šō·ṭə·rê šō·ṭêr šōṭêr šōṭərāw šōṭərê ū·lə·šō·ṭə·rāw uleshoteRav ūləšōṭərāw veShoteRav veShotereiChem veshotereiHem veshoteRim wə·šō·ṭə·rāw wə·šō·ṭə·rê·hem wə·šō·ṭə·rê·ḵem wə·šō·ṭə·rîm wəšōṭərāw wəšōṭərêhem wəšōṭərêḵem wəšōṭərîm