Strong's Lexicon

H7860

H7860 — שׁוֹטֵר

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

Hebrewshoternoun mascOccurrences: 25

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7860
Word:	שׁוֹטֵר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	25
Transliteration:	shoter
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	sho-tare'
Meaning:	1. (properly) a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
KJV Renderings:	officer, overseer, ruler.

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BDB8628

שֹׁטֵר noun masculine official, officer (properly scribe, secretary? or from original meaning as arranger, organizer?); — absolute ׳ שׁ Prov 6:7, ׳ שׁו 2Chr 26:11 plural שֹׁטְרִים Deut 1:15 +, etc.; — apparently subordinate officer, judicial, civil or military (compare Dr^{Deut 1. 15} Gray^{Num 11:16}); organizing people for marching Josh 1:10; Josh 3:2 (both E ), compare Deut 20:5; Deut 20:8 ; Deut 20:9 appointed over Israel by Egyptian overseers Exod 5:14, compare Exod 5:6 Exod 5:10 Exod 5:15 Exod 5:19 (all J ); elsewhere + זְקֵנִים Num 11:16 ( E ), Deut 29:9 ; Deut 31:28 + שֹׁפְטִים Deut 16:18; 1Chr 23:4; 1Chr 26:29, + ׳ ז and ׳ שֹׁפ Josh 8:33 ( R^D ), and ( + רָאשִׁים) Josh 23:2 ( R^D ), Josh 24:1 ( E , or R^D ); ׳ שֹׁט as minor judges also Deut 1:15 הַמְשָֽׁרְתִים אֶתהַֿמֶּלֶךְ ׳ שֹׁט 1Chr 27:1, chosen from Levites 2Chr 19:11; 2Chr 34:13 (+ סוֺפְרִים, שׁוֺעֲרִים); as title of individual 2Chr 26:11 (|| הַסּוֺפֵר); of ant, אֵיןלָֿהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמשֵׁל Prov 6:7.

BDB9742

[סָרַךְ] noun masculine chief, overseer ( ᵑ7 id. (=Biblical Hebrew שֹׁטֵר ); etymology dubious; probably with Bev^Dn Dr^Dn Andr^{M 75*, loan-word} from Persian s¹r (and * sarak ?), head, chief); — plural absolute סָֽרְכִין Dan 6:3, emphatic סָֽרְכַיָּא v.Dan 6:4 v.Dan 6:5 v.Dan 6:7, construct סָֽרְבֵי v.Dan 6:8.