Hebrew verb · H8323
שָׂרַר
sararsaw-rar'
to rule; to strengthen
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sârar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8323is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8323
to have (transitively, exercise; reflexively, get) dominion
The King James renders it: [idiom] altogether, make self a prince, (bear) rule.
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
sarar is rendered "to rule; to strengthen". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to rule".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 16:13Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?
Numbers 16:13תִשְׂתָּרֵ֥ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to rule, and to strengthen.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to ruleStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereNumbers 16:13Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill… |
| to strengthenStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- really make yourself ruler1
- ruler1
- they rule1
- they will rule1
- you will make yourself ruler1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׂרַף | saraph | to burn | Uses117 |
| שָׂרִיד | sarid | survivor | Uses28 |
| שָׂרָף | saraph | serpent | Uses7 |
| שָׂרָה | sarah | princess | Uses5 |
| שָׂרַט | sarat | to incise | Uses3 |
| שָׂרַע | sara | to extend | Uses3 |
| שָׂרִיג | sarig | tendril | Uses3 |
| שָׂרַג | sarag | to intertwine | Uses2 |
| שָׂרָה | sarah | to strive | Uses2 |
| שָׂרַד | sarad | to escape | Uses1 |
| שָׂרֻק | saruq | sorrel | Uses1 |
| שָׂרוּק | saruq | tendril | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- הִשְׂתָּרֵֽר׃1
- יָשֹׂ֑רוּ1
- יָשֹֽׂרוּ׃1
- שֹׂרֵ֣ר1
- תִשְׂתָּרֵ֥ר1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HVqrmsa
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)1HVtcc
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVti2ms
Numbers
two uses
Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?
- תִשְׂתָּרֵ֥רtistarerverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will make yourself ruler
- הִשְׂתָּרֵֽר׃histarerverb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: really make yourself ruler
Esther
one use
He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
- שֹׂרֵ֣רsorerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: ruler
Proverbs
one use
By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.
- יָשֹׂ֑רוּyasoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they rule
Isaiah
one use
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
- יָשֹֽׂרוּ׃yasoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will rule
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 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.