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Hebrew word study

שֹׁטֵרshôṭêr — properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an o…

Pronounced “sho-tare'”

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

Translated in the King James as: officer, overseer, ruler.

Appears 25 times in Scripture

Origin: active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write;

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Where it appears

Exodus — 5×
Exodus 5:6Exodus 5:10Exodus 5:14Exodus 5:15Exodus 5:19
Numbers — 1×
Numbers 11:16
Deuteronomy — 7×
Deuteronomy 1:15Deuteronomy 16:18Deuteronomy 20:5Deuteronomy 20:8Deuteronomy 20:9Deuteronomy 29:10Deuteronomy 31:28
Joshua — 5×
Joshua 1:10Joshua 3:2Joshua 8:33Joshua 23:2Joshua 24:1
1 Chronicles — 3×
1 Chr 23:41 Chr 26:291 Chr 27:1
2 Chronicles — 3×
2 Chr 19:112 Chr 26:112 Chr 34:13
Proverbs — 1×
Proverbs 6:7

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.