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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7860

שֹׁטֵר

shotersho-tare'

official

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

Concordance spelling: shôṭêr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7860is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 7 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 21
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7860

properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate

The King James renders it: officer, overseer, 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

shoter is rendered "official". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 5:6That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.

The first use

That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

Exodus 5:6שֹׁטְרָ֖יו

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

Where the word stands

Seven of the word's twenty-five uses are in Deuteronomy.

The other 32 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

  • and officials6
  • foremen of3
  • the officials3
  • and officials your2
  • and to officials its2
  • and foremen its1
  • and officials its1
  • and officials their1
  • foremen its1
  • icer1
  • officers of1
  • the officers1

and 2 more, 25 uses in all

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.

שֹׁטֵטshotetscourgeUses1

All 25, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

21 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

  • הַשֹּׁטְרִ֖ים2
  • וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים2
  • וְשֹׁטְרִ֥ים2
  • שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙2
  • הַשּׁוֹטֵ֑ר1
  • הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים֮1
  • הַשֹּׁטְרִים֮1
  • וּלְשֹֽׁטְרָ֑יו1
  • וּלְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו1
  • וְשֹׁטְרֵיהֶם֩1
  • וְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו1
  • וְשֹׁטְרָ֑יו1

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural6HC/Vqrmpa
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural4HTd/Vqrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HVqrmpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/R/Vqrmpc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2HC/Vqrmpc/Sp2mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/Vqrmpc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Vqrmpc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HR/Vqrmpa
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HTd/Vqrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqrmpc/Sp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HVqrmsa

Exodus

five uses
  • That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

    Exodus 5:6

    • שֹׁטְרָ֖יוshoteravverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: foremen its
  • So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.

    Exodus 5:10

    • וְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יוveshoteravconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and foremen its
  • Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

    Exodus 5:14

    • שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙shotereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: foremen of
  • So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

    Exodus 5:15

    • שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙shotereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: foremen of
  • The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

    Exodus 5:19

    • שֹֽׁטְרֵ֧יshotereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: foremen of

Numbers

one use
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

    Numbers 11:16

    • וְשֹׁטְרָ֑יוveshoteravconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and officials its

Deuteronomy

seven uses
  • So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.

    Deuteronomy 1:15

    • וְשֹׁטְרִ֖יםveshoterimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and officials
  • You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

    Deuteronomy 16:18

    • וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗יםveshoterimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and officials
  • Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.

    Deuteronomy 20:5

    • הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים֮hashoterimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the officials
  • Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”

    Deuteronomy 20:8

    • הַשֹּׁטְרִים֮hashoterimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the officials
  • When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.

    Deuteronomy 20:9

    • הַשֹּׁטְרִ֖יםhashoterimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the officials
  • All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,

    Deuteronomy 29:10

    • וְשֹׁ֣טְרֵיכֶ֔םveshotereikhemconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and officials your
  • Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

    Deuteronomy 31:28

    • וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶ֑םveshotereikhemconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and officials your

Joshua

five uses
  • Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:

    Joshua 1:10

    • שֹׁטְרֵ֥יshotereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: officers of
  • After three days the officers went through the camp

    Joshua 3:2

    • הַשֹּׁטְרִ֖יםhashoterimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the officers
  • All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. 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 commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

    Joshua 8:33

    • וְשֹׁטְרִ֣ים׀veshoterimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and officials
  • he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,

    Joshua 23:2

    • וּלְשֹֽׁטְרָ֑יוuleshoteravconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and to officials its
  • Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

    Joshua 24:1

    • וּלְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יוuleshoteravconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and to officials its

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,

    1 Chronicles 23:4

    • וְשֹׁטְרִ֥יםveshoterimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and officials
  • From the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.

    1 Chronicles 26:29

    • לְשֹׁטְרִ֖יםleshoterimpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: to officials
  • This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division:

    1 Chronicles 27:1

    • וְשֹׁטְרֵיהֶם֩veshotereihemconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and officials their

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”

    2 Chronicles 19:11

    • וְשֹׁטְרִ֥יםveshoterimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and officials
  • Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.

    2 Chronicles 26:11

    • הַשּׁוֹטֵ֑רhashoterthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the official
  • were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.

    2 Chronicles 34:13

    • וְשֹׁטְרִ֖יםveshoterimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and officials

Proverbs

one use
  • Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

    Proverbs 6:7

    • שֹׁטֵ֥רshoterverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: icer

The letters

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.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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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