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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5461

סָגָן

sagansaw-gawn'

ruler

17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: çâgân

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5461is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 5 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 14
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5461

a prefect of a province

The King James renders it: prince, ruler.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

sagan is rendered "ruler". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in Nehemiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 9:2Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
  • The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.

The first use

Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

Ezra 9:2וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Nine of the word's seventeen uses are in Nehemiah.

The other 34 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the officials6
  • and officials4
  • and the officials3
  • and officials its1
  • and to the officials1
  • officials1
  • officials its1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 17, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

14 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הַסְּגָנִים֙2
  • הַסְּגָנִ֔ים2
  • וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים2
  • הַסְּגָנִ֛ים1
  • הַסְּגָנִ֖ים1
  • וְהַסְּגָנִ֜ים1
  • וְלַסְּגָנִ֗ים1
  • וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙1
  • וּסְגָנִ֔ים1
  • וּסְגָנִ֤ים1
  • וּסְגָנִים֙1
  • וּסְגָנִֽים׃1

and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural6HTd/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural4HC/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural3HC/Td/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3fs
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HC/Rd/Ncmpa
  • noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3fs

Ezra

one use
  • Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

    Ezra 9:2

    • וְהַסְּגָנִ֗יםvehaseganimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the officials

Nehemiah

nine uses
  • The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.

    Nehemiah 2:16

    • וְהַסְּגָנִ֗יםvehaseganimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the officials
    • וְלַסְּגָנִ֗יםvelaseganimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and to the officials
  • After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”

    Nehemiah 4:14

    • הַסְּגָנִים֙haseganimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the officials
  • Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.

    Nehemiah 4:19

    • הַסְּגָנִים֙haseganimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the officials
  • and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them

    Nehemiah 5:7

    • הַסְּגָנִ֔יםhaseganimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the officials
  • There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.

    Nehemiah 5:17

    • וְהַסְּגָנִ֜יםvehaseganimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the officials
  • Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:

    Nehemiah 7:5

    • הַסְּגָנִ֛יםhaseganimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the officials
  • The two thanksgiving choirs then stood in the house of God, as did I, along with the half of the officials accompanying me,

    Nehemiah 12:40

    • הַסְּגָנִ֖יםhaseganimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the officials
  • So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,

    Nehemiah 13:11

    • הַסְּגָנִ֔יםhaseganimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the officials

Isaiah

one use
  • I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.

    Isaiah 41:25

    • סְגָנִים֙seganimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: officials

Jeremiah

three uses
  • With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.

    Jeremiah 51:23

    • וּסְגָנִֽים׃useganimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and officials
  • Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

    Jeremiah 51:28

    • סְגָנֶ֑יהָseganeihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: officials its
  • I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

    Jeremiah 51:57

    • וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙useganeihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and officials its

Ezekiel

three uses
  • clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.

    Ezekiel 23:6

    • וּסְגָנִ֔יםuseganimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and officials
  • She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.

    Ezekiel 23:12

    • וּסְגָנִ֤יםuseganimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and officials
  • the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.

    Ezekiel 23:23

    • וּסְגָנִים֙useganimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and officials

The letters

Gematria 113· 763 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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