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

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Job 34:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
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Job 39:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
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Psalms 45:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.
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Source alternate reference: 45.17
Psalms 68:27 · BSB · 3 occurrences
There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
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Source alternate reference: 68.28
Psalms 82:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
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Psalms 105:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
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Psalms 119:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
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Psalms 119:161 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
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Psalms 148:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,
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Proverbs 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.
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Proverbs 19:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
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Proverbs 28:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
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Ecclesiastes 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
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Ecclesiastes 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
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Ecclesiastes 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.
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Isaiah 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
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Isaiah 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
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Isaiah 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
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Isaiah 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
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Isaiah 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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Source alternate reference: 9.5
Isaiah 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
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Isaiah 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
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Isaiah 19:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
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Isaiah 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
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Isaiah 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
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Isaiah 30:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
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Isaiah 31:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 32:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
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Isaiah 34:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
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Isaiah 43:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”
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Isaiah 49:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
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Jeremiah 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
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Jeremiah 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
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Jeremiah 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”
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Jeremiah 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
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Jeremiah 17:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
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Jeremiah 24:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
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Jeremiah 24:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
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Jeremiah 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;
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Jeremiah 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;
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Jeremiah 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
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Jeremiah 26:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
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Jeremiah 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
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Jeremiah 26:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”
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Jeremiah 26:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
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Jeremiah 29:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)
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Jeremiah 32:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 34:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
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Jeremiah 34:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,
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Jeremiah 34:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
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