סָגָן
sāgān
prefect
Strong's H5461NounHebrewTWOT 1461

סָגָן (sāgān) is a Hebrew noun meaning prefect. It appears 17 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5461).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1461)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1461)prefect, ruler; præfect; prince
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סָגָן noun, masculine: prefect, ruler

Strong's H5461 סָגָן: a præfect of a province
KJV:prince, ruler.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Ezra 9:2Nehemiah 2:16Isaiah 41:25

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