Word

שֹׁטֵר

shôṭêr · H7860 · Hebrew · 25 occurrences

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Meanings

officer, foreman, supervisor

Person selected from among a group of people to assume a position of leadership and responsibility

Examples
Exodus 5:6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,
Exodus 5:10 So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am not going to give you any straw.
Exodus 5:14 Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not completed your required task of making bricks either yesterday or today, as before?”

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

12 occurrences in 5 groups

הוּhis 5
בֵּןson 3
כֶםyour 2
עַםpeople 1
הֶםtheir 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1

Named alongside itApposition

4 occurrences in 4 groups

אִישׁman, person, each 1
מַעֲשֵׂיָהMaaseiah 1
רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1
שָׁרַתto minister, to serve, to attend 1

What it doesIt is the subject

9 occurrences in 9 groups

Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 4 groups

צָוָהto give orders 2
יָדַעto know 1
נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
קָהַלto assemble, to gather 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

לֵוִיִּיLevite 1
עֶשְׂרִיםtwenty 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

הֵםthey, them 1
לֵוִיִּיLevite 1
שֵׁשׁsix 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 3

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

γραμματεύς grammateús · G1122 · one who is learned in the Law, expert in the Law, expert in the Law of Moses: γραμματεύς (grammateús, G1122) γραμματεύς (grammateus) typically renders שֹׁטֵר (shôṭêr, H7860) שֹׁטֵר (shoter) in contexts where Hebrew officers/officials function as scribes or record-keepers (e.g., Deuteronomy 20:5, Joshua 1:10), reflecting LXX's register-specific translation choice for administrative officials with secretarial duties rather than the broader Hebrew term for any appointed officer or overseer.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Leaders001001003005: The noun for an officer or foreman set in authority over workers, used repeatedly of the Israelite foremen Pharaoh's taskmasters placed over the brickmaking crews (Exodus 5:6, 5:10, 5:14).
Officials001001003007: The same foremen functioning as intermediary officials answerable to Pharaoh's taskmasters, who "went out and spoke to the people" on the taskmasters' behalf (Exodus 5:10) and later "cried out to Pharaoh" on the people's behalf (Exodus 5:15, 5:19).

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שֹׁטֵרshôṭêr · H7860מִשְׁטָר mishṭâr · H4896 · authority, control · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7860. shoter שֹׁטֵר noun masculine official, officer (properly scribe, secretary? or…

H7860. shoter
שֹׁטֵר noun masculine official, officer (properly scribe, secretary? or from original meaning as arranger, organizer?); — absolute ׳שׁ Pro 6:7, ׳שׁו2Ch 26:11; plural שֹׁטְרִים Deu 1:15 +, etc.; — apparently subordinate officer, judicial, civil or military (compare DrDeuteronomy 1. 15 GrayNum 11:16); organizing people for marching Jos 1:10; Jos 3:2 (both E), compare Deu 20:5, Deu 20:8, Deu 20:9; appointed over Israel by Egyptian overseers Exo 5:14, compare Exo 5:6; Exo 5:10; Exo 5:15; Exo 5:19 (all J); elsewhere + זְקֵנִים Num 11:16 (E), Deu 29:9; Deu 31:28; + שֹׁפְטִים Deu 16:18; 1Ch 23:4; 1Ch 26:29, + ׳ז and ׳שֹׁפ Jos 8:33 (RD), and ( + רָאשִׁים) Jos 23:2 (RD), Jos 24:1 (E, or RD); ׳שֹׁט as minor judges also Deu 1:15; ׳שֹׁט אֶתהַֿמֶּלֶךְ הַמְשָֽׁרְתִים 1Ch 27:1, chosen from Levites 2Ch 19:11; 2Ch 34:13 (+ שׁוֺעֲרִים סוֺפְרִים,); as title of individual 2Ch 26:11 (|| הַסּוֺפֵר); of ant, וּמשֵׁל שֹׁטֵר קָצִין אֵיןלָֿהּ Pro 6:7.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Leaders25 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0