שַׂר
prince
also: ruler, leader, chief, chieftain fuller range ↓
H8269
Strong's Hebrew
sar
Transliteration
/sar/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
421
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain
- chieftain, leader
- vassal, noble, official (under king)
- captain, general, commander (military)
- chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)
- heads, princes (of religious office)
- elders (of representative leaders of people)
- merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)
- patron-angel
- Ruler of rulers (of God)
- warden
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 234 times (56%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 89 times (21%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 76 times (18%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 22 times (5%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 421 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 22 verses
- Genesis 12:15 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
- Genesis 21:22 שַׂר n c ms cs It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
- Genesis 21:32 שַׂר n c ms cs So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
- Genesis 26:26 שַׂר n c ms cs Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.
- Genesis 37:36 שַׂ֖ר n c ms cs The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
- Genesis 39:1 שַׂ֤ר n c ms cs Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.
- Genesis 39:21 שַׂ֥ר n c ms cs But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
- Genesis 39:22 שַׂ֤ר n c ms cs The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.
- Genesis 39:23 שַׂ֣ר n c ms cs The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.
- Genesis 40:2 שַׂ֣ר שַׂ֥ר n c ms cs n c ms cs Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
- Genesis 40:3 שַׂ֥ר n c ms cs He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- Genesis 40:4 שַׂ֣ר n c ms cs The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.
- Genesis 40:9 שַֽׂר n c ms cs The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,
- Genesis 40:16 שַׂר n c ms cs When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
- Genesis 40:20 שַׂ֣ר שַׂ֥ר n c ms cs n c ms cs It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
- Genesis 40:21 שַׂ֥ר n c ms cs He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;
- Genesis 40:22 שַׂ֥ר n c ms cs but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
- Genesis 40:23 שַֽׂר n c ms cs Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.
- Genesis 41:9 שַׂ֣ר n c ms cs Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today.
- Genesis 41:10 שַׂ֣ר שַׂ֥ר n c ms cs n c ms cs Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.
- Genesis 41:12 לְ/שַׂ֣ר prep + n c ms cs There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted.
- Genesis 47:6 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my cattle."
Exodus 4 verses
- Exodus 1:11 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
- Exodus 2:14 שַׂ֤ר n c ms He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
- Exodus 18:21 שָׂרֵ֤י שָׂרֵ֣י שָׂרֵ֥י וְ/שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
- Exodus 18:25 שָׂרֵ֤י שָׂרֵ֣י שָׂרֵ֥י וְ/שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Numbers 14 verses
- Numbers 21:18 שָׂרִ֗ים n c mp The well, which the princes dug, Which the nobles of the people dug, With the scepter, [and] with their poles. From the wilderness [they traveled] to Mattanah;
- Numbers 22:8 שָׂרֵֽי n c mp cs He said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
- Numbers 22:13 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses to give me leave to go with you.
- Numbers 22:14 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
- Numbers 22:15 שָׂרִ֔ים n c mp Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
- Numbers 22:21 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
- Numbers 22:35 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
- Numbers 22:40 וְ/לַ/שָּׂרִ֖ים conj + prep det + n c mp Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
- Numbers 23:6 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs He returned to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
- Numbers 23:17 וְ/שָׂרֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs He came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, What has Yahweh spoken?
- Numbers 31:14 שָׂרֵ֤י וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs Moses was angry with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
- Numbers 31:48 שָׂרֵ֥י וְ/שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs The officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;
- Numbers 31:52 שָׂרֵ֣י שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs All the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
- Numbers 31:54 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:15 שָׂרֵ֨י וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י וְ/שָׂרֵ֤י וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
- Deuteronomy 20:9 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 5:14 שַׂר n c ms cs He said, No; but [as] prince of the host of Yahweh am I now come. Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said to him, What says my lord to his servant?
- Joshua 5:15 שַׂר n c ms cs The prince of Yahweh's host said to Joshua, Put off your shoe from off your foot; for the place whereon you stand is holy. Joshua did so.
Judges 9 verses
- Judges 4:2 וְ/שַׂר conj + n c ms cs Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
- Judges 4:7 שַׂר n c ms cs I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.
- Judges 5:15 וְ/שָׂרַ֤/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of heart.
- Judges 7:25 שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
- Judges 8:3 שָׂרֵ֤י n c mp cs God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
- Judges 8:6 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs The princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
- Judges 8:14 שָׂרֵ֤י n c mp cs He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders of it, seventy-seven men.
- Judges 9:30 שַׂר n c ms cs When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
- Judges 10:18 שָׂרֵ֤י n c mp cs The people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, What man is he who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
1 Samuel 13 verses
- 1 Samuel 8:12 שָׂרֵ֥י וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
- 1 Samuel 12:9 שַׂר n c ms cs But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.
- 1 Samuel 14:50 שַׂר n c ms cs and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
- 1 Samuel 17:18 לְ/שַׂר prep + n c ms cs and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and look how your brothers fare, and take their pledge.
- 1 Samuel 17:55 שַׂ֣ר n c ms cs When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell.
- 1 Samuel 18:13 שַׂר n c ms cs Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
- 1 Samuel 18:30 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
- 1 Samuel 22:2 לְ/שָׂ֑ר prep + n c ms Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
- 1 Samuel 22:7 שָׂרֵ֥י וְ/שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs Saul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
- 1 Samuel 26:5 שַׂר n c ms cs David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.
- 1 Samuel 29:3 שָׂרֵ֣י שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs n c mp cs Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [to me] to this day?
- 1 Samuel 29:4 שָׂרֵ֣י שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs n c mp cs But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for with what should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?
- 1 Samuel 29:9 שָׂרֵ֤י n c mp cs Achish answered David, I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
2 Samuel 13 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:8 שַׂר n c ms cs Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
- 2 Samuel 3:38 שַׂ֣ר n c ms The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
- 2 Samuel 4:2 שָׂרֵֽי n c mp cs [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, [had] two men who were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:
- 2 Samuel 10:3 שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn't David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
- 2 Samuel 10:16 שַׂר n c ms cs Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.
- 2 Samuel 10:18 שַׂר n c ms cs The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there.
- 2 Samuel 18:1 שָׂרֵ֥י וְ/שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
- 2 Samuel 18:5 הַ/שָּׂרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. All the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:6 שָׂרִ֣ים n c mp in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you: for this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased you well.
- 2 Samuel 19:13 שַׂר n c ms cs Say you to Amasa, Aren't you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
- 2 Samuel 23:19 לְ/שָׂ֑ר prep + n c ms Wasn't he most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
- 2 Samuel 24:2 שַׂר n c ms cs The king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the sum of the people.
- 2 Samuel 24:4 שָׂרֵ֣י וְ/שָׂרֵ֤י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
1 Kings 23 verses
- 1 Kings 1:19 שַׂ֣ר n c ms cs and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant.
- 1 Kings 1:25 וּ/לְ/שָׂרֵ֤י conj + prep + n c mp cs For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 2:5 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:32 שַׂר שַׂר n c ms cs n c ms cs Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it, [to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
- 1 Kings 4:2 הַ/שָּׂרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
- 1 Kings 5:16 מִ/שָּׂרֵ֨י prep + n c mp cs besides Solomon's chief officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.
- 1 Kings 9:22 וְ/שָׂרָ֣י/ו וְ/שָׂרֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms conj + n c mp cs But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants; but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
- 1 Kings 9:23 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work, five hundred fifty, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.
- 1 Kings 11:15 שַׂ֣ר n c ms cs For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom
- 1 Kings 11:21 שַֽׂר n c ms cs When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.
- 1 Kings 11:24 שַׂר n c ms cs He gathered men to him, and became captain over a troop, when David killed them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus, and lived therein, and reigned in Damascus.
- 1 Kings 14:27 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
- 1 Kings 15:20 שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
- 1 Kings 16:9 שַׂ֖ר n c ms cs His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah:
- 1 Kings 16:16 שַׂר n c ms cs The people who were encamped heard say, Zimri has conspired, and has also struck the king: therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
- 1 Kings 20:14 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs Ahab said, By whom? He said, Thus says Yahweh, By the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? He answered, You.
- 1 Kings 20:15 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
- 1 Kings 20:17 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.
- 1 Kings 20:19 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
- 1 Kings 22:26 שַׂר n c ms cs The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
- 1 Kings 22:31 שָׂרֵי֩ n c mp cs Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:32 שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
- 1 Kings 22:33 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
2 Kings 22 verses
- 2 Kings 1:9 שַׂר n c ms cs Then [the king] sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. He went up to him: and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He spoke to him, man of God, the king has said, Come down.
- 2 Kings 1:10 שַׂ֣ר n c ms cs Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty. Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
- 2 Kings 1:11 שַׂר n c ms cs Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly.
- 2 Kings 1:13 שַׂר שַׂר n c ms cs n c ms cs Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.
- 2 Kings 1:14 שָׂרֵ֧י n c mp cs Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your sight.
- 2 Kings 4:13 שַׂ֣ר n c ms cs He said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? She answered, I dwell among my own people.
- 2 Kings 5:1 שַׂר n c ms cs Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.
- 2 Kings 8:21 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
- 2 Kings 9:5 שָׂרֵ֤י הַ/שָּׂ֑ר הַ/שָּֽׂר n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms When he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to you, captain. Jehu said, To which of us all? He said, To you, O captain.
- 2 Kings 10:1 שָׂרֵ֤י n c mp cs Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up [the sons of] Ahab, saying,
- 2 Kings 11:4 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Yahweh, and shown them the king's son.
- 2 Kings 11:9 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
- 2 Kings 11:10 לְ/שָׂרֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 11:14 וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִ֤ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
- 2 Kings 11:15 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the host, and said to them, Have her forth between the ranks; and him who follows her kill with the sword. For the priest said, Don't let her be slain in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 11:19 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Yahweh, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. He sat on the throne of the kings.
- 2 Kings 23:8 שַׂר n c ms cs He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
- 2 Kings 24:12 וְ/שָׂרָ֣י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
- 2 Kings 24:14 הַ/שָּׂרִ֞ים ptcl def.art + n c mp He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 25:19 שַׂ֣ר n c ms cs and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
- 2 Kings 25:23 שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
- 2 Kings 25:26 וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
1 Chronicles 37 verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:6 וּ/לְ/שָׂ֑ר conj + prep + n c ms David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.
- 1 Chronicles 11:21 לְ/שָׂ֑ר prep + n c ms Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
- 1 Chronicles 12:21 שָׂרִ֖ים n c mp They helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.
- 1 Chronicles 12:28 שָׂרִ֖ים n c mp and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains.
- 1 Chronicles 12:34 שָׂרִ֣ים n c mp Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 13:1 שָׂרֵ֧י n c mp cs David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
- 1 Chronicles 15:5 הַ/שָּׂ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;
- 1 Chronicles 15:6 הַ/שָּׂ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;
- 1 Chronicles 15:7 הַ/שָּׂ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;
- 1 Chronicles 15:8 הַ/שָּׂ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;
- 1 Chronicles 15:9 הַ/שָּׂ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;
- 1 Chronicles 15:10 הַ/שָּׂ֔ר ptcl def.art + n c ms of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16 לְ/שָׂרֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
- 1 Chronicles 15:22 שַֽׂר n c ms cs Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
- 1 Chronicles 15:25 וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
- 1 Chronicles 15:27 הַ/שַּׂ֥ר ptcl def.art + n c ms David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song [with] the singers: and David had on him an ephod of linen.
- 1 Chronicles 19:3 שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Think you that David does honor your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Aren't his servants come to you to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
- 1 Chronicles 19:16 שַׂר n c ms cs When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.
- 1 Chronicles 19:18 שַֽׂר n c ms cs The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
- 1 Chronicles 21:2 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
- 1 Chronicles 22:17 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],
- 1 Chronicles 23:2 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
- 1 Chronicles 24:5 שָֽׂרֵי וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs Thus were they divided impartially by drawing lots; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 24:6 וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִים֙ conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1 וְ/שָׂרֵ֨י conj + n c mp cs Moreover, David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of those who did the work according to their service was:
- 1 Chronicles 26:26 לְ/שָׂרֵֽי וְ/שָׂרֵ֥י prep + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' [houses], the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
- 1 Chronicles 27:1 וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year--of every division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:3 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs [He was] of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
- 1 Chronicles 27:5 שַׂ֣ר n c ms cs The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:8 הַ/שַּׂ֖ר ptcl def.art + n c ms The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:22 שָׂרֵ֖י n c mp cs of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 27:31 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
- 1 Chronicles 27:34 וְ/שַׂר conj + n c ms cs and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's host was Joab.
- 1 Chronicles 28:1 שָׂרֵ֣י שָׂרֵ֣י וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 28:21 וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִ֥ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with you in all manner of work every willing man who has skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be entirely at your command.
- 1 Chronicles 29:6 שָׂרֵ֨י וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י וְ/שָׂרֵ֤י וּ/לְ/שָׂרֵ֖י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs conj + prep + n c mp cs Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly;
- 1 Chronicles 29:24 הַ/שָּׂרִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
2 Chronicles 47 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:2 לְ/שָׂרֵי֩ prep + n c mp cs Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].
- 2 Chronicles 8:9 וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י וְ/שָׂרֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
- 2 Chronicles 8:10 שָׂרֵ֤י n c mp cs These were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.
- 2 Chronicles 12:5 וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
- 2 Chronicles 12:6 שָׂרֵֽי n c mp cs Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Yahweh is righteous.
- 2 Chronicles 12:10 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
- 2 Chronicles 16:4 שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.
- 2 Chronicles 17:7 לְ/שָׂרָי/ו֙ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
- 2 Chronicles 17:14 שָׂרֵ֣י הַ/שָּׂ֔ר n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c ms This was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;
- 2 Chronicles 17:15 הַ/שָּׂ֑ר ptcl def.art + n c ms and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;
- 2 Chronicles 18:25 שַׂר n c ms cs The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
- 2 Chronicles 18:30 שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 18:31 שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.
- 2 Chronicles 18:32 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
- 2 Chronicles 21:4 מִ/שָּׂרֵ֥י prep + n c mp cs Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and various also of the princes of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 21:9 שָׂרָ֔י/ו שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.
- 2 Chronicles 22:8 שָׂרֵ֨י n c mp cs It happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and killed them.
- 2 Chronicles 23:1 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
- 2 Chronicles 23:9 לְ/שָׂרֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 23:13 וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִ֣ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
- 2 Chronicles 23:14 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the host, and said to them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Don't kill her in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 23:20 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs He took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Yahweh: and they came through the upper gate to the king's house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 24:10 הַ/שָּׂרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
- 2 Chronicles 24:17 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them.
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.
- 2 Chronicles 25:5 לְ/שָׂרֵ֤י וּ/לְ/שָׂרֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs conj + prep + n c mp cs Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.
- 2 Chronicles 26:11 מִ/שָּׂרֵ֖י prep + n c mp cs Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
- 2 Chronicles 28:14 הַ/שָּׂרִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.
- 2 Chronicles 28:21 וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִ֑ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Yahweh, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but it didn't help him.
- 2 Chronicles 29:20 שָׂרֵ֣י n c mp cs Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 29:30 וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִים֙ conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
- 2 Chronicles 30:2 וְ/שָׂרָ֛י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.
- 2 Chronicles 30:6 וְ/שָׂרָ֗י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, You children of Israel, turn again to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that have escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12 וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 30:24 וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִ֞ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
- 2 Chronicles 31:8 וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִ֔ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 32:3 שָׂרָי/ו֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city; and they helped him.
- 2 Chronicles 32:6 שָׂרֵ֥י n c mp cs He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spoke comfortably to them, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 32:21 וְ/שָׂ֔ר conj + n c ms Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he was come into the house of his god, those who came forth from his own bowels killed him there with the sword.
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שר — transliterated sar — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “prince.” The King James Version usually renders it “princes,” while modern versions prefer “commanders” (Berean Standard Bible) — see the renderings breakdown. With 368 verses in 28 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Debuting at Genesis 12:15, it then recurs through the corpus. Alongside “prince” the lexicon also lists “ruler”, “leader”, and “chief” — part of its full sense range. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
captain
Modern gloss
prince
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H8269 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 368
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 368 distinct verses.
- 28 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 28 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #117
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 117 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- Jeremiah 52 verses 14%
- 2 Chronicles 47 verses 13%
- 1 Chronicles 37 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 368 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 166 verses · 45%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 160 verses · 43%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 42 verses · 11%
How translations render this word
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BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Princes 139×, Captains 57×, Captain 39×
- American Standard Version†: Princes 133×, Captains 54×, Captain 42×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Commanders 73×, Officials 67×, Princes 61×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Princes 46×, Commanders of 39×, Leaders of 36×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8269 across 420† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 62 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8269 across 418† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 77 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8269 across 399† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 25 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 21 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8269 across 390† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
19 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
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BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 19 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
שר I be stubborn, rebellious (usually towards י׳) (NH id., (rare)
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. ס׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ho 4:16 Isr. is stubborn; Pt. act. בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה Dt 21:18, cf. v 20; בָּנִים סוֹרְרִים Is 30:1, עַם סוֹרֵר 65:2, דּוֹר ס׳ וּמֹרֶה ψ 78:8 (all of Isr.); לֵב ס׳ וּמוֹרֶה Je 5:23; פָּרָה סֹרֵרָ֔ה Ho 4:16 (sim. of Isr., v. supr.); as pred. שָׂרֵיהֶם סוֹרְרִים Ho 9:15 cf. Is 1:23; סָרֵי סוֹרְרִים Je 6:28 revolters among the rebellious (? cf. סור Qal ad fin., and סַר infr.); of loose woman הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסוֹרָ֑רֶת Pr 7:11; as subst. = the stubborn, ψ 66:7; 68:7, 19; fs. וַיִּתְּנוּ כָתֵף סֹרֶ֫רֶת Ne 9:29 and they presented a stubborn shoulder (of Isr.) = Zc 7:11 (סֹרָ֑רֶת). e.g. Hosea 4:16
שר II chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince (NH especially of angels
- 1. chieftain, leader:
- a. pl. of Isr. Nu 21:18 (poem in JE; ‖ נְדִיב הָעָם), of Issachar Ju 5:15 (poem); שָׂרֵי גִלְעָד 10:18 is dub. (we should expect וְשׂ׳, and cf. זִקְנֵי ג׳, instead, 11:5–11); of Midian 7:25; 8:3; Philistines 1 S 29:3(×2), 4(×2), 9 (appar. = סְרָנִים v 2, 6, 7 [We], yet disting. by HPS and [with reserve] Bu; 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Th Bu del. in v 4b), cf. 18:30; poet., of כְּמוֹשׂ (i.e. the leading Moabites) Je 48:7, of מלכם (q.v.; i.e. the leading Ammonites) Am 1:15 = Je 49:3. e.g. Numbers 21:18
- b. sg. David as leader of freebooters 1 S 22:2; cf. שׂ׳ גְּדוּד 1 K 11:24, pl. 2 S 4:2. e.g. 1 Samuel 22:2
- 2. vassal, noble, official, under king (acting, on occasion, as counsellor, commander, etc.):
- a. pl., in Egypt Gn 12:15 (J) + 3 times Is + 30:4 Di Du Skinner (> of foreign embassy [cf. ‖ מַלְאָכָיו] Che al. reading [CheHeb.Hpt. Marti] שָׂרִים), 105:22; Moab Nu 22:8 + 8 times 22, 23 (JE), Am 2:3; Edom Is 34:12 (‖ חֹרִים); As. 10:8; 31:9; Bab. 21:5 + 7 times Je + 2 Ch 32:31 (but here perhaps vaguely = authorities); other nations Je 49:38 + 17 times Ezr Est; in gen. Is 49:7; officials, officials class, under kings of Israel: David (only Chr) 1 Ch 22:17 + 5 times 1 Ch, Ezr 8:20; Sol. 1 K 4:2; Jehoiachin 2 K 24:12, 14; Zedek. Je 34:21; 2 Ch 36:18; other kings 19 times 2 Chr; in gen. Ec 10:16, 17; see also (Judah) Je 1:18 + 31 times Je (17:25a del. שׂ׳ Gf Che Gie Du), 4 times La, Ez 17:12, Zp 1:8 (where disting. from בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ, who are never called שׂ׳); so, in gen., Ne 9:32, 34 Dn 9:6, 8; and (N. Isr.) Ho 3:4 + 6 times Ho. e.g. Genesis 12:15
- b. as having powers of magistrate Ex 2:14 (E. + שֹׁפֵט); under Moses (over groups of 1000, 100, 50, 10) 18:21 + 7 times 18 (E), Dt 1:15(×4); later in Judah Ho 5:10 (Now reads שָׂרֵי יִשׂ׳), Is 1:23, cf. 3:4, 14; 32:1; Mi 7:3 (sg.; ‖ שֹׁפֵט), Zp 3:3 (‖ id.), Ez 22:27, cf. Pr 8:16 (‖ נְדִיבִים); 28:2 read perhaps צָרֶיהָ, v. Toy. e.g. Exodus 2:14
- c. as ruler or magistrate of a district (מְדִינָה), 1 K 20:14, 15, 17, 19 (cf. Est 1:3; 8:9; 9:3, שָׂרֵי עַם וָעָם 3:12). e.g. 1 Kings 20:14
- d. as commandant of city, שׂ׳ הָעִיר Ju 9:30, cf. 1 K 22:26 = 2 Ch 18:25, 2 K 23:8; 2 Ch 34:8; of citadel, שׂ׳ הַבִּירָה Ne 7:2; pl. of city officials, שׂ׳ סֻכּוֹת Ju 8:6, 14 (disting. from זְקֵנִים), cf. 2 K 10:1; 2 Ch 29:20. e.g. Judges 9:30
- 3. specif. military, = captain, general:
- a. שַׂר־(ה)צבא Gn 21:22, 32 (E), 26:26 (J), 1 S 12:9 + 23 times, + שׂ׳־צ׳־י׳ Jos 5:14, 15 (JE; צָבָא 1 b), angel-captain in vision; v. also 8, 9; שָׂרֵי הַצּ׳ 1 K 1:25 + 3 times Chr, שָׂרִים בַּצּ׳ 1 Ch 12:22 (Gi Baer; van d. H. v 21); שָׂרֵי צְבָאוֹת Dt 20:9; 1 K 2:5; 1 Ch 27:3; שַׂר־הַחַ֫יִל 2 S 24:2 (but read וְאֶל־שָׂרֵי as 𝔊L and ‖ 1 Ch 21:2 Th We Dr HPS Bu), שָׂרֵי (הַ)ח׳ v 4(×2), 2 K 9:5; 2 Ch 33:14; Ne 2:9, שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים 1 K 15:20 = 2 Ch 16:4; 2 K 25:23; 26 Je 40:7, 13 + 7 times Je; שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמוֹת 2 Ch 32:6; so (ה)שׂר alone 2 S 18:5; 19:7 1 K 9:22 = 2 Ch 8:9 𝔊B Be Kit (שָׂרָיו וְשָׁלִישָׁיו, for MT שָׂרֵי שׂ׳), 2 K 9:5(×2); 1 Ch 11:6, 21 + 9 times, + Jb 39:25 Dn 11:5; שׂ׳ וְגָדוֹל 2 S 3:38 (of Abner); poss. military fig. also in שַׂר שָׁלוֹם Is 9:5 (Mess. name). e.g. Genesis 21:22
- b. leading companies of 50 2 K 1:9–14; Is 3:3, of 100; 1 S 22:7 + 16 times + 8:12 (reading מֵאוֹת for חֲמִשִּׁים 𝔊 HPS, cf. We; Bu ins. שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת), of 1000; 1 S 17:18 + 11 times, + שָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים וְהַמֵּאוֹת 1 Ch 13:1 26:26 (disting. from שָׂרֵי הַצָּבָא), 27:1; 29:6; 2 Ch 1:2; also שׂ׳ הָרֶכֶב captain of the chariotry 1 K 22:31, 32, 33 = 2 Ch 18:30, 31, 32 + 3 times + שָׂרֵי ר׳ וּפָרָשָׁיו 1 K 9:22 = 2 Ch 8:9. e.g. 2 Kings 1:9
- 4.
- a. chief, head, of other official classes: שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים, Egypt, Gn 37:36 + 5 times; שָׂרֵי הָרָצִים 1 K 14:27 = 2 Ch 12:10; שָׂרֵי הַנִּצָּבִים 1 K 5:30; 9:23 = 2 Ch 8:10; even domestic positions (court of Pharaoh), שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים Gn 40:2 + 5 times, שַׂר הָאוֹפוֹת 40:2 + 4 times (all E); שָׂרֵי הַמַּהְלְקוֹת 1 Ch 28:1, i.e. of the successive courses of royal military officials; cf. הַשַּׂר 27:28; שַׂר הַסָּרִיסִים Dn 1:7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18; שַׂר מְנוּחָה Je 51:59. e.g. Genesis 37:36
- b. = overseer: שַׂר בֵּית הַסֹּהַר Gn 39:21, 23, שָׂרֵי מִקְנֶה 47:6 (all J; cf. אַבִּיר הָרֹעִים 1 S 21:8), שָׂרֵי מִסִּים Ex 1:11 (J); cf. 1 Ch 15:27; 29:6; 27:31; 28:1.—In 1 Ch 15:22 read prob. סַר הַמַּשָּׂא (= שַׂר) overseer of the carrying (for MT בְּמַשָּׂא יָסֹר בַּמַּשָּׂא), so 𝔊 Benz Kit, Be יָסֹר = יָשׂר; v. another view יָסַר Qal. e.g. Genesis 39:21
- 5. of religious office: שָׂרֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים Ezr 8:24, 29; 10:5 2 Ch 36:14; שׂ׳ הַלְוִיִּם 1 Ch 15:16, 22 2 Ch 35:9, cf. 1 Ch 15:5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; heads of classes or courses of priests, called שָׂרֵי קֹדֶשׁ 1 Ch 24:5, שׂ׳ אֱלֹהִים v 5;—שָׂרֵי ק׳ Is 43:28 (usually consecrated princes, whether priests, or kings, or both) is prob. corrupt, read perhaps שַׁעֲרֵי (Du) or וַיְחַלְּלוּ שָׂרֶיךָ קָדְשִׁי 𝔊 Houb Klo CheHpt Gr (substantially). e.g. Ezra 8:24
- 6. late, of representative leaders of people, tribal heads, שׂ׳ שִׁבְטֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Ch 27:22; 29:6, cf. 28:1; appar. = elders, שׂ׳ הָעָם Ez 11:1; 2 Ch 24:23; שׂ׳ alone, ψ 68:28(×3); in post-exilic Jerus. Ezr 9:1; 2 Ne 4:10; 10:1; 11:1 (שָׂרֵי הָעָם), + elders Ezr 10:8, 14; called שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה Ne 12:31, 32; of district-rulers 3:9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; of heads of families, שָׂרֵי הָאָבוֹת Ezr 8:29; 1 Ch 29:6 (= רָאשֵׁי הָא׳ 24:31; 27:1; Ne 7:70). e.g. 1 Chronicles 27:22
- 7. late, as term of rank and dignity, Is 23:8 (cf. ‘merchant-princes’), Jb 3:15; 29:9 (‖ נְגִידִים), 34:19 ψ 45:17; 82:7; 148:11, opp. עבד(ים) Pr 19:10; Ec 10:7; formidable foes ψ 119:23, 161. e.g. Isaiah 23:8
- 8. = patron-angel, only Dn: פָּרַס (מַלְכוּת) שַׂר 10:13, 20, שׂ׳ יָוָן v 20; specif. of מִיכָאֵל v 13, 21; 12:1. e.g. Daniel 10:13
- 9. שַׂר־הַצָבָא 8:11 = God (prob., cf. צָבָא 1 c; yet v. also צ׳ 1 b), so שַׂר שָׂרִים v 25. e.g. Daniel 8:11
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. be stubborn, rebellious (usually towards י׳) (NH id., (rare); Assyrian sarâru);—
II. n.m. chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince (NH especially of angels; Assyrian šarru, king);—abs. שַׂר 2 S 3:38 +, הַשַּׂר Mi 7:3 +, שָׂ֑ר Ho 3:4 +; cstr. שַׂר Ju 4:2 +; sf. שַׂרְכֶם Dn 10:21; pl. שָׂרִים 1 K 4:2 +; cstr. שָׂרֵי Gn 12:15 +; sf. שָׂרַי Ju 5:15; Is 10:8, שָׂרֵיכֶם Je 44:21, שָׂרֵיהֶם Is 3:4 +;—
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Derived from שרר (sârar) (H8323) — to rule.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שֵׁר
- Tower of Sher (or Shed), Straton’s Tower (v. Hildesh. Beitr. p. 4 sq.). Sifré Deut. 51 מדבר שרשך דור, read: מגדל שר שן דור; Yalk. ib. 874 מגדל שרשן דירו (corr. acc.); Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ top מגדל שיד.
שַׂר
- prince, chief.; שר (של מעלה) guardian angel, genius. Zeb. 116ᵇ שר ונגיד a prince or a nobleman. Yeb. 16ᵇ שר העולם the genius of the universe; Ḥull. 60ᵃ. Ex. R. s. 22 נטל הקב"ה שר שלהם וכ׳ the Lord took first their (the Egyptians’) guardian angel and drowned him. Pes. 118ᵃ שר הברד, v. יוּרְקָמִי. Ib. אני שר של אש I (Gabriel) am the angel of fire. B. Bath. 74ᵇ שר של ים the angel of the sea. Mekh. B’shall., Shir., s. 2 כיון שראו שָׂרָהּ של מלכות נופל (not נופלת) when they saw the genius of the (Egyptian) empire fallen; Yalk. Ex. 243; a. v. fr.—Pl. שָׂרִים. Ib. אין … משָׂרֵיהֶן תחלה the Lord will not punish governments, unless he have punished their guardian angels first. Gen. R. s. 78, beg. מיכאל … שהם ש׳ של מעלה Michael and Gabriel who are the princes on high. Yalk. l. c. קרא … לכל שָׂרֵי האומות the Lord summoned all the tutelary angels of the nations. Cant. R. to VIII, 14 ש׳ של מעלה the princes on high (angels); ש׳ של מטה the earthly (human) governors. Ib. (play on הרי בשמים, ib.) המתינו לי … על הריהם שהם שָׂרֵיהֶם שנתונים אצלי בַּשָּׁמַיִם (not שנתונות) wait until I shall have sat in judgment over their mounts, that is, their chiefs that are placed with me in heaven; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 98 גני ש׳, v. גִּינֵּיסַר.—Fem. שָׂרָה. Tosef. Ber. I, 12 (ref. to Gen. XVII, 15) בתחלה הרי היא ש׳ על עמה ועכשיו הרי היא ש׳ על אומות העולם ed. Zuck. (Var. שָׂרַי על עמה … על כל באי העולם, v. ed. Zuck. note) at first she was a princess of her own people, and now she is a princess for the nations of the world (for all that enter into the world); Ber. 13ᵃ שרי לאומתה … ש׳ לכל העולם. e.g. Genesis 17:15
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Forms in the corpus
The 134 distinct written forms H8269 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 74 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 335 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 368 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 12:15
- Exodus 1:11
- Numbers 21:18
- Deuteronomy 1:15
- Joshua 5:14
- Judges 4:2
- 1 Samuel 8:12
- 2 Samuel 2:8
- 1 Kings 1:19
- 2 Kings 1:9
- 1 Chronicles 11:6
- 2 Chronicles 1:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
