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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 BoxExo 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - And Pharao gave orders to the task-masters of the people and the accountants, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the taskmasters and the accountants hastened them, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharao, I will give you straw no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharao, were scourged, [[fn]and questioned,] men saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brick-work as yesterday and the third day, to-day also?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15 - And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharao, saying, Why dost thou act thus to thy servants?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in an evil plight, men saying, Ye shall not fail [fn]to deliver the daily rate of the brick-making.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - And the Lord said to Moses, Gather me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom thou thyself knowest that they are the elders of the people, and their scribes; and thou shalt bring them to the tabernacle of witness, and they shall stand there with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and [fn]officers to your judges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18 - Thou shalt make for thyself judges and officers in thy cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee in thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - And the scribes shall speak to the people, saying, What man is he that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man dedicate it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:8 - And the scribes shall speak further to the people, and say, What man is he that fears and is cowardly in his heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest he make the heart of his brother fail, as his own.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - And it shall come to pass when the scribes shall have ceased speaking to the people, that they shall appoint generals of the army to be leaders of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:10 - (LXX 29:9) Ye all stand to-day before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:10 - And Joshua commanded the scribes of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2 - And it came to pass after three days, that the scribes went through the camp;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - (LXX 9:2d) And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other before the ark; and the priests and the Levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native were there, who were half of them near mount Garizin, and half near mount Gæbal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord there were twenty-four thousand, and there were six thousand scribes and judges;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29 - For the Issaarites, Chonenia, and his sons were over the outward ministration over Israel, to record and to judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - Now the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of families, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and scribes ministering to the king, and for every affair of the king according to their divisions, for every ordinance of coming in and going out monthly, for all the months of the year, one division of them was twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - And, behold, Amarias the priest is head over you in every matter of the Lord; and Zabdias the son of Ismael is head over the house of Juda in every matter of the king; and the scribes and Levites are before you: be strong and active, and the Lord shall be with the good.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - And Ozias had a host of warriors, and that went out orderly to war, and returned orderly in number; and their number was made by the hand of Jeiel the scribe, and Maasias the judge, by the hand of Ananias the king's deputy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - And overseers were over the burden-bearers, and over all the workmen in the respective works; and of the Levites were appointed scribes, and judges, and porters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:7 - For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master,
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