Sar שַׂר
| שַׂר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sar |
| Strong's number | H8269 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | ruler |
| Occurrences | 421 in 368 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (52) |
Sar (Hebrew שַׂר, Strong's H8269) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “ruler”. It occurs 421 times in 368 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1a) chieftain, leader
1b) vassal, noble, official (under king)
1c) captain, general, commander (military)
1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)
1e) heads, princes (of religious office)
1f) elders (of representative leaders of people)
1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)
1h) patron-angel
1i) Ruler of rulers (of God)
1j) warden
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | princes (189), captains (79), captain (51), chief (33), rulers (23), prince (19), ruler (10), governor (4), keeper (3), principal (2), governors (2), master (1), and 3 other renderings |
|---|---|
| BSB | commanders (70), officials (48), princes (46), commander (36), leaders (26), chief (25), captain (13), officers (13), his officials (12), ruler (9), prince (9), rulers (7), and 49 other renderings |
Verses
Sar occurs in 368 verses, listed here by reference.
Genesis (22): 12:15, 21:22, 21:32, 26:26, 37:36, 39:1, 39:21, 39:22, 39:23, 40:2, 40:3, 40:4, 40:9, 40:16, 40:20, 40:21, 40:22, 40:23, 41:9, 41:10, 41:12, 47:6
Exodus (4): 1:11, 2:14, 18:21, 18:25
Numbers (14): 21:18, 22:8, 22:13, 22:14, 22:15, 22:21, 22:35, 22:40, 23:6, 23:17, 31:14, 31:48, 31:52, 31:54
Judges (9): 4:2, 4:7, 5:15, 7:25, 8:3, 8:6, 8:14, 9:30, 10:18
1 Samuel (13): 8:12, 12:9, 14:50, 17:18, 17:55, 18:13, 18:30, 22:2, 22:7, 26:5, 29:3, 29:4, 29:9
2 Samuel (13): 2:8, 3:38, 4:2, 10:3, 10:16, 10:18, 18:1, 18:5, 19:6, 19:13, 23:19, 24:2, 24:4
1 Kings (23): 1:19, 1:25, 2:5, 2:32, 4:2, 5:16, 9:22, 9:23, 11:15, 11:21, 11:24, 14:27, 15:20, 16:9, 16:16, 20:14, 20:15, 20:17, 20:19, 22:26, 22:31, 22:32, 22:33
2 Kings (22): 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 1:13, 1:14, 4:13, 5:1, 8:21, 9:5, 10:1, 11:4, 11:9, 11:10, 11:14, 11:15, 11:19, 23:8, 24:12, 24:14, 25:19, 25:23, 25:26
1 Chronicles (37): 11:6, 11:21, 12:21, 12:28, 12:34, 13:1, 15:5, 15:6, 15:7, 15:8, 15:9, 15:10, 15:16, 15:22, 15:25, 15:27, 19:3, 19:16, 19:18, 21:2, 22:17, 23:2, 24:5, 24:6, 25:1, 26:26, 27:1, 27:3, 27:5, 27:8, 27:22, 27:31, 27:34, 28:1, 28:21, 29:6, 29:24
2 Chronicles (47): 1:2, 8:9, 8:10, 12:5, 12:6, 12:10, 16:4, 17:7, 17:14, 17:15, 18:25, 18:30, 18:31, 18:32, 21:4, 21:9, 22:8, 23:1, 23:9, 23:13, 23:14, 23:20, 24:10, 24:17, 24:23, 25:5, 26:11, 28:14, 28:21, 29:20, 29:30, 30:2, 30:6, 30:12, 30:24, 31:8, 32:3, 32:6, 32:21, 32:31, 33:11, 33:14, 34:8, 35:8, 35:9, 36:14, 36:18
Ezra (10): 7:28, 8:20, 8:24, 8:25, 8:29, 9:1, 9:2, 10:5, 10:8, 10:14
Nehemiah (17): 2:9, 3:9, 3:12, 3:14, 3:15, 3:16, 3:17, 3:18, 3:19, 4:16, 7:2, 9:32, 9:34, 9:38, 11:1, 12:31, 12:32
Esther (13): 1:3, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 1:18, 1:21, 2:18, 3:1, 3:12, 5:11, 6:9, 8:9, 9:3
Job (4): 3:15, 29:9, 34:19, 39:25
Psalms (7): 45:16, 68:27, 82:7, 105:22, 119:23, 119:161, 148:11
Proverbs (3): 8:16, 19:10, 28:2
Ecclesiastes (3): 10:7, 10:16, 10:17
Isaiah (16): 1:23, 3:3, 3:4, 3:14, 9:6, 10:8, 19:11, 19:13, 21:5, 23:8, 30:4, 31:9, 32:1, 34:12, 43:28, 49:7
Jeremiah (52): 1:18, 2:26, 4:9, 8:1, 17:25, 24:1, 24:8, 25:18, 25:19, 26:10, 26:11, 26:12, 26:16, 26:21, 29:2, 32:32, 34:10, 34:19, 34:21, 35:4, 36:12, 36:14, 36:19, 36:21, 37:14, 37:15, 38:4, 38:17, 38:18, 38:22, 38:25, 38:27, 39:3, 40:7, 40:13, 41:11, 41:13, 41:16, 42:1, 42:8, 43:4, 43:5, 44:17, 44:21, 48:7, 49:3, 49:38, 50:35, 51:57, 51:59, 52:10, 52:25
Lamentations (4): 1:6, 2:2, 2:9, 5:12
Ezekiel (3): 11:1, 17:12, 22:27
Daniel (15): 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 1:18, 8:11, 8:25, 9:6, 9:8, 10:13, 10:20, 10:21, 11:5, 12:1
Hosea (8): 3:4, 5:10, 7:3, 7:5, 7:16, 8:10, 9:15, 13:10
Micah (1): 7:3
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).