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Lexicon :: Strong's H7860 - šāṭar

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שָׁטַר
Transliteration
šāṭar
Pronunciation
sho-tare'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Act part of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write
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TWOT Reference: 2374a

Strong’s Definitions

שֹׁטֵר shôṭêr, sho-tare'; active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate:—officer, overseer, ruler.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H7860 in the following manner: officers (23x), ruler (1x), overseer (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H7860 in the following manner: officers (23x), ruler (1x), overseer (1x).

  1. (Qal) official, officer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֹׁטֵר shôṭêr, sho-tare'; active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate:—officer, overseer, ruler.
STRONGS H7860: Abbreviations
† 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 DrDeuteronomy 1. 15 GrayNumbers 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 (RD), and (+ רָאשִׁים) Joshua 23:2 (RD), Joshua 24:1 (E, or RD); 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.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5632.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

5:6; 5:10; 5:14; 5:15; 5:19

Numbers

11:16; 11:16

Deuteronomy

1; 1:15; 1:15; 1:15; 16:18; 20:5; 20:8; 20:9; 29:9; 31:28

Joshua

1:10; 3:2; 8:33; 23:2; 24:1

1 Chronicles

23:4; 26:29; 27:1

2 Chronicles

19:11; 26:11; 26:11; 34:13

Proverbs

6:7; 6:7

H7860

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Strong's Number H7860 matches the Hebrew שָׁטַר (šāṭar),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - The very same day Pharaoh gave orders to the [Egyptian] taskmasters in charge of the people and their [Hebrew] foremen, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:10

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Then the [Egyptian] taskmasters [in charge] of the people and their [Hebrew] foremen went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you any straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the Hebrew foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your required quota of making bricks yesterday and today, as before?”

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Then the Hebrew foremen came to Pharaoh and cried, “Why do you deal like this with your servants?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The Hebrew foremen saw that they were in a bad situation because they were told, “You must not reduce [in the least] your daily quota of bricks.”

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Accordingly, the LORD said to Moses, “Gather for Me [fn]seventy men from among the elders of Israel whom you know to be the elders of the people and their officers; bring them to the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) and let them stand there with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - “So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and made them leaders over you, commanders of thousands, and hundreds, and fifties, and tens, and officers (administrators) for your tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:18

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“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - “The officers shall also speak to the [fn]soldiers, saying, ‘What man is there who has built a new house and has not yet [fn]dedicated it? [fn]Let him go and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would dedicate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:8 - “Then the officers shall speak further to the soldiers and say, ‘Who is the man who is afraid and lacks courage? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not cause his brothers’ courage to fail like his own.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - “And it shall be when the officers have finished speaking to the soldiers, they shall appoint commanders of armies over them.

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“All of you stand today before the LORD your God—your chiefs, your tribes, your elders and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - “Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.

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Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2 - And it happened at the end of three days that the officers went throughout the camp,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - All Israel, the stranger as well as the native born [among them], with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on either side of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at first to bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - that Joshua called all Israel, their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old and advanced in years.

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Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and for their judges and for their officers; they presented themselves before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of these [fn]24,000 were to oversee and inspect the work of the house of the LORD and 6,000 were to be administrators and judges,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29 -

Of the Izharites: Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to outside duties for Israel, as administrators and judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 -

This is the list of the sons (descendants) of Israel, the heads of fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “Behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in all matters of the LORD, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters; and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the LORD be with the upright.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Moreover, Uzziah had an army ready for battle, which went into combat by divisions according to the number of their muster as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - They were also in charge of the burden bearers [who carried heavy loads], and supervised all the workmen in any kind of service; and some of the Levites were scribes and officials and gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:7 -

Which, having no chief,

Overseer or ruler,

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