H7860Hebrew

שֹׁטֵר

shôṭêr(sho-tare')
25 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong's Definition

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

Translated in KJV as

officeroverseerruler.

Etymology

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

All Occurrences(25)