TBESH · H7860
שֹׁטֵר · sho.ter · official
(Qal) official, officer
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שֹׁטֵר (sho.ter) means “official” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: sho-tare' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שֹׁטֵר · sho.ter · official
(Qal) official, officer
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active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
KJV glosses: officer, overseer, ruler.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and officers | 3 |
| foremen | 3 |
| officers | 2 |
| the officers | 2 |
| and all your officers | 1 |
| and as officers | 1 |
| and foremen | 1 |
| and officials | 1 |
| and their foremen | 1 |
| and their officers | 1 |
| are to be officers | 1 |
| as officers | 1 |
| furthermore the officers | 1 |
| officials | 1 |
| the officer | 1 |
| then the officers | 1 |
| when the officers | 1 |
| will serve as officers | 1 |
| without an overseer | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and officers | 5 |
| and the officers | 4 |
| and their officers | 3 |
| and for their officers | 2 |
| and your officers | 2 |
| officers | 2 |
| and it shall be when the officers | 1 |
| for officers | 1 |
| overseer | 1 |
| that the officers | 1 |
| the officers | 1 |
| the ruler | 1 |
| then the officers | 1 |
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That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordThen 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?”
Read word by wordSo the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
Read word by wordThe Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordFurthermore, 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.”
Read word by wordWhen the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
Read word by wordAll of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.9
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.
Read word by wordThen Joshua commanded the officers of the people:
Read word by wordAfter three days the officers went through the camp
Read word by wordAll 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.
Read word by wordhe summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by word“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,
Read word by wordFrom the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.
Read word by wordThis 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:
Read word by wordNote 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!”
Read word by wordUzziah 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.
Read word by wordwere over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.
Read word by wordWithout a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
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