Strong's Lexicon

H2951

H2951 — טִּפסַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewtiphcarnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 820

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2951
Word:	טִּפסַר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	of foreign derivation
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	tiphcar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	tif-sar'
Meaning:	1. a military governor
KJV Renderings:	captain.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3368

טִפְסָר noun [masculine] scribe, marshal (if meaning correct, then Assyrian loan-word, from dupsarru, tablet-writer, scribe, see Len^{Langue Primit. de la Chaldeve,
365} Schr^COT on Jer 51:27, Lotz^{TP 180}; dupšarru , according to Dl^{HWB 227}) — plural suffix טַפְסְרַיִךְ Nah 3:17 (as if from טַפְסֵר) thy scribes, marshals, of high officials of Nineveh; absolute singular פִּקְדוּ עָלֶיהָ טִפְסָר Jer 51:27 appoint a marshal against her, i.e. against Babylon. — On military function of those skilled in writing compare שֹׁטֵר.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

טפסר (tiph-sar’)

Jeremiah 51:27

KJV: Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

EHCC: appoint 6 captain against her ;