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 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
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
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!”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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:
- 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,
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
