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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 - That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, “Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15 - Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why have you treated your servants this way?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - The LORD said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18 - Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the LORD your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - The officers shall say to the army: “Has anyone built a new house and not yet begun to live in it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else may begin to live in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:8 - Then the officers shall add, “Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his fellow soldiers will not become disheartened too.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - When the officers have finished speaking to the army, they shall appoint commanders over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:10 - All of you are standing today in the presence of the LORD your God—your leaders and chief men, your elders and officials, and all the other 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 all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to testify against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:10 - So Joshua ordered the officers of the people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2 - After three days the officers went throughout the camp,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD, facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work of the temple of the LORD and six thousand are to be officials and judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29 - From the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were assigned duties away from the temple, as officials and judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - This is the list of the Israelites—heads of families, commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and their officers, who served the king in all that concerned the army divisions that were on duty month by month throughout the year. Each division consisted of 24,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “Amariah the chief priest will be over you in any matter concerning the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the tribe of Judah, will be over you in any matter concerning the king, and the Levites will serve as officials before you. Act with courage, and may the LORD be with those who do well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Uzziah had a well-trained army, ready to go out by divisions according to their numbers as mustered by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - had charge of the laborers and supervised all the workers from job to job. Some of the Levites were secretaries, scribes and gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:7 - It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
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