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Lexicon :: Strong's H5461 - sāḡān

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סָגָן
Transliteration
sāḡān
Pronunciation
saw-gawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to superintend
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TWOT Reference: 1461

Strong’s Definitions

סָגָן çâgân, saw-gawn'; from an unused root meaning to superintend; a præfect of a province:—prince, ruler.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H5461 in the following manner: ruler (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H5461 in the following manner: ruler (17x).

  1. ruler, prefect, governor, a subordinate ruler

    1. prefects (of Assyria and Babylon)

    2. petty rulers or officials

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָגָן çâgân, saw-gawn'; from an unused root meaning to superintend; a præfect of a province:—prince, ruler.
STRONGS H5461: Abbreviations
† [סָגָן, סֶ֫גֶן] noun masculine prefect, ruler (loan-word from Assyrian šaknu, prefect of conquered city or province (√ šakânu, set, appoint DlHWB 659, compare SchrCOT Isaiah 41:25; apparently = Late Hebrew סָגָן, סֶגֶן, Aramaic סִגְנָא a superior (not high) priest; Mandean אשגאנדא WBrandtMand. Schriften 169 a candidate for priesthood; compare Jen in Brandtib.; hence perhaps Greek ζωγάνης, compare LewyFremdw. 129); — only plural סְגָנִים Ezekiel 23:6 + 14 times; suffix סְגָנֶיהָ Jeremiah 51:57 + Jeremiah 51:58 (where read probably סְגָנָיו Greek Version of the LXX Gie); —
1. prefects of Assyr. and Babylonian Ezekiel 23:6, 12, 23; Jeremiah 51:23, 57 (all + פַּחוֹת), Isaiah 41:25, of king of Medes Jeremiah 51:28 (+ פַּחוֹת).
2. petty rulers, officials of Judah (only Nehemiah Ezra in sources): distinguished from חֹרִים nobles Nehemiah 2:16; 4:8; 4:13; 5:7; 7:5; alone, Nehemiah 2:16; 12:40; 13:11; + יְהוּדִים Nehemiah 5:17 (see also Nehemiah 2:16); + שָׂרִים Ezra 9:2. Compare Biblical Aramaic H5460 סְגַן.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

9:2

Nehemiah

2:16; 2:16; 2:16; 4:8; 4:13; 5:7; 5:17; 7:5; 12:40; 13:11

Isaiah

41:25; 41:25

Jeremiah

51:23; 51:28; 51:57; 51:57; 51:58

Ezekiel

23:6; 23:6; 23:12; 23:23

H5461

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Strong's Number H5461 matches the Hebrew סָגָן (sāḡān),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:2 - “For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy [fn]race has [fn]intermingled with the peoples of the lands. Indeed, the officials and chief men have been foremost in this unfaithful act and direct violation [of God’s will].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:16 - The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had done; nor had I yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the rest who did the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - When I saw their fear, I stood and said to the nobles and officials and the rest of the people: “Do not be afraid of them; [confidently] remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and [with courage from Him] fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and for your homes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I thought it over and then challenged the nobles and the rulers. I said to them, “You are exacting usury (excessive interest) from your own brother (relative).” So I held a great assembly to confront them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:17 - Moreover, there were at my table a hundred and fifty Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:5 -

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. Then I found the register of the genealogy of those who came [from Babylon] first, and I found the following record:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:40 - Then the two choirs stood in the house of God. So did I, and half of the officials with me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - Then I reprimanded the officials and said, “Why is the house of God neglected?” So I gathered the Levites and singers together and restored them at their posts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 -

“I have stirred up and put into action [fn]one from the north [the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great], and he has come;

From the rising of the sun he will call on My Name [in prayer].

And he will trample on [the Babylonian] officials as on mortar,

Even as a potter treads clay.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 -

With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock,

With you I shatter the farmer and his yoke of oxen,

And with you I shatter governors and commanders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28 -

Prepare and dedicate the nations for war against her—

The kings of Media,

With their governors and commanders,

And every land of their dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 -

“I will make her princes and her wise men drunk,

Her governors and her commanders and her mighty warriors;

They will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,”

Says the King—the LORD of hosts is His name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding on horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - “She lusted after the Assyrians—governors and officials, her neighbors, magnificently clothed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, governors and officials all of them, princes, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.
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