שֹׁטֵר
šōṭēr
official
Strong's H7860NounHebrewTWOT 2374a

שֹׁטֵר (šōṭēr) is a Hebrew noun meaning official. It appears 25 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7860).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2374a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2374a)official, officer, scribe, secretary, arranger, organizer; official superintendent, magistrate; overseer, ruler
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שֹׁטֵר noun, masculine: official, officer, scribe, secretary, arranger, organizer

Strong's H7860 שֹׁטֵר: properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
KJV:officer, overseer, 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.

Root family 2374: שׁטר šṭr — Root of: מִשְׁטָר rule, authority; שֹׁטֵר official, officer, scribe, secretary, arranger, organizer

See it in Scripture

Exodus 5:6Numbers 11:16Deuteronomy 1:15

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