sar H8269

שַׂר (sar) means “ruler” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שַׂר Hebrew · H8269 421 tagged occurrences in 368 verses

Pronunciation guide: sar Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8269

שַׂר · sar · ruler

1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain 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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H8323 (שָׂרַר); a head person (of any rank or class)

KJV glosses: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

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How translators render H8269

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the commanders	31
the commander	26
the officials	22
commanders	20
the princes	20
the chief	16
the leaders	12
princes	11
ruler	9
and his officials	7
and officials	7
commander	7
the officers	7
and princes	6
officials	6
and the commanders	5
and the officials	5
his officials	5
of the captain	5
the governor	5
the prince	5
governors	4
officers	4
rulers	4
and	3
and his princes	3
and leaders	3
and the princes	3
captain	3
her princes	3
his leaders	3
of the officials	3
prince	3
their leaders	3
then the officials	3
to the commanders	3
and captain	2
and commanders	2
and the chief	2
and the leaders	2
and whose princes	2
as commanders	2
as leaders	2
her officials	2
his commanders	2
leaders	2
of princes	2
of the captains	2
our leaders	2
the captain	2
the other officials	2
their officials	2
was the commander	2
were also the chief	2
who were leaders	2
a captain	1
and commander	1
and from the princes	1
and heads	1
and her princes	1
and its princes	1
and made the leading	1
and of	1
and of the officers	1
and officers	1
and our officials	1
and the rulers	1
and the warden	1
and their princes	1
are princes	1
as commander	1
but he	1
but the commanders	1
but the leaders	1
captains	1
chief	1
command	1
foremen	1
from the commanders	1
his officers	1
his princes	1
however the prince	1
i will make her princes	1
in charge of	1
its officials	1
leader	1
let our leaders	1
my commanders	1
now the leaders	1
o princes	1
of captains	1
of the chief	1
of the commander	1
of the commanders	1
of the leaders	1
of the leading	1
of the rulers	1
officials were	1
or	1
or prince	1
over princes	1
so the chief	1
so the commanders	1
so the leaders	1
so the princes	1
some of the princes	1
taskmasters	1
that the commanders	1
the director	1
the general	1
the head	1
the leaders of	1
the leading	1
the rulers	1
the two princes	1
the warden	1
their princes	1
then i brought the leaders	1
then the chief	1
then the commanders	1
then the leaders	1
to commanders	1
to princes	1
to the commander	1
together with the commanders	1
vvv	1
warden	1
were his chief officials	1
when the chief	1
when the officials	1
while princes	1
who were the commanders	1
with his officers	1
your officials	1
your prince	1
your rulers	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the princes	28
and the princes	22
princes	19
the captain	15
and captains	13
captain	13
the chief	13
and the captains	12
captains	12
of the princes	12
and his princes	11
the captains	11
the ruler	10
and all the captains	7
rulers	7
all the princes	6
and all the princes	6
and princes	6
and rulers	4
her princes	4
of the chief	4
the governor	4
the rulers	4
their princes	4
and it came to pass when the captains	3
of princes	3
of the captains	3
the chief captain	3
the prince	3
unto the princes	3
and chief	2
and of the princes	2
and our princes	2
and the captain	2
and the principal	2
and the rulers	2
and thy princes	2
and to the rulers	2
chief	2
of his princes	2
of the captain	2
our princes	2
prince	2
thereof and the princes	2
to the captain	2
to the captains	2
to thee o captain	2
unto all his princes	2
with his princes	2
with the princes	2
a captain	1
a prince	1
above all the princes	1
against the chief	1
against the prince	1
against the princes	1
all their princes	1
also all the princes	1
also if thou be not captain	1
also of the princes	1
also the princes	1
and against the captains	1
and against the chief	1
and all the rulers	1
and captain	1
and governors	1
and her princes	1
and his lords	1
and lo all the princes	1
and made the chief	1
and of his princes	1
and of the captains	1
and of the chief	1
and the chief	1
and the general	1
and the keeper	1
and the prince	1
and the stewards	1
and to the captains	1
and to the princes	1
and upon her princes	1
and were captains	1
and when all the captains	1
and without a prince	1
and your princes	1
behold the captains	1
beside the chief	1
but if the princes	1
but the prince	1
but the princes	1
by me princes	1
even to the prince	1
for he was their captain	1
for his princes	1
for it came to pass that when the captains	1
for the governors	1
gave all the captains	1
he and all the princes	1
he and his princes	1
him above the princes	1
him captains	1
him his captain	1
him to the princes	1
his princes	1
in the captain	1
let now our rulers	1
lo the prince	1
me and the chief	1
moreover all the chief	1
not my princes	1
notwithstanding the princes	1
now when all the captains	1
now when all the princes	1
of all the captains	1
of all the princes	1
of the keeper	1
of the prince	1
on our princes	1
only but also to all the princes	1
or to the captain	1
or with princes	1
over princes	1
over them taskmasters	1
over you captains	1
surely the princes	1
that thou regardest neither princes	1
the keeper	1
the master	1
them captains	1
them in then the prince	1
themselves unto him and he became a captain	1
then all the captains	1
then the chief	1
then the princes	1
there and all her princes	1
therefore all the princes	1
therefore he was their captain	1
therefore the princes	1
they and their princes	1
thy princes	1
to his princes	1
to our princes	1
to the chief	1
unto all the princes	1
unto him a captain	1
unto him and became captain	1
unto him the princes	1
unto me and the princes	1
unto the captain	1
unto the rulers	1
unto whom the prince	1
upon them the captains of	1
when the chief	1
when the princes	1
wherefore the princes	1
whereupon the princes	1
whom the prince	1
with him and the princes	1
with the captains	1
with the prince	1
with the rulers	1
ye not that there is a prince	1
ye princes	1
yet did not the chief	1
you all captains	1
your prince	1

Verses containing H8269

Page 3 of 8. 368 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

1 Kings 22:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
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1 Kings 22:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
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2 Kings 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
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2 Kings 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
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2 Kings 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
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2 Kings 1:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
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2 Kings 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”
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2 Kings 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
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2 Kings 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
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2 Kings 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
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2 Kings 9:5 · BSB · 3 occurrences
and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
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2 Kings 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:
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2 Kings 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
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2 Kings 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.
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2 Kings 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields of King David from the house of the LORD.
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2 Kings 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
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2 Kings 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
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2 Kings 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,
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2 Kings 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
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2 Kings 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
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2 Kings 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
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2 Kings 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
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2 Kings 25:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
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2 Kings 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
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1 Chronicles 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.
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1 Chronicles 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
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1 Chronicles 12:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
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Source alternate reference: 12.22
1 Chronicles 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.
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Source alternate reference: 12.29
1 Chronicles 12:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
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Source alternate reference: 12.35
1 Chronicles 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
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1 Chronicles 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;
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1 Chronicles 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;
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1 Chronicles 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;
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1 Chronicles 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;
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1 Chronicles 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from the Hebronites, Eliel the chief and 80 of his relatives;
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1 Chronicles 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the chief and 112 of his relatives.
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1 Chronicles 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
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1 Chronicles 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
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1 Chronicles 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
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1 Chronicles 15:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
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1 Chronicles 19:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
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1 Chronicles 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
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1 Chronicles 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.
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1 Chronicles 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
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1 Chronicles 22:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:
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1 Chronicles 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
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1 Chronicles 24:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
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1 Chronicles 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
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1 Chronicles 25:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
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1 Chronicles 26:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.
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