שֹׁטֵר shoter

Hebrew word for “official” · Strong’s H7860 · used 25 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

(Qal) official, officer

How it is translated

Glosses given for shoter in context, with how often each is used:

• officials 15
• foremen 5
• officers 2
• will be officials 1
• official 1
• icer 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 5 (5), Deuteronomy 20 (3), Numbers 11 (1), Deuteronomy 1 (1), Deuteronomy 16 (1), Deuteronomy 29 (1), Deuteronomy 31 (1), Joshua 1 (1), Joshua 3 (1), Joshua 8 (1)

Forms

• ושׁטרים 6
• שׁטרי 4
• השׁטרים 4
• ושׁטריו 2
• ושׁטריכם 2
• ולשׁטריו 2
• שׁטריו 1
• לשׁטרים 1
• ושׁטריהם 1
• השׁוטר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shoter more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• זָקֵן zaqen “old” 6
• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 6
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 7
• שֵׁבֶט shevet “tribe” 5
• נָגַשׂ nagas “to oppress” 3
• פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 4
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 4
• מְלָאכָה melakhah “work” 3
• יְהוֹשׁוּעַ yehoshua “Joshua” 3
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 3
• יָצַב yatsav “to stand” 2
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 4

Key verses

The verses using shoter that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 11:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and…
• Deuteronomy 1:15 — So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over…
• Deuteronomy 16:18 — Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just…
• Deuteronomy 20:8 — And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his…
• Deuteronomy 29:10 — Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
• Deuteronomy 31:28 — Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
• Joshua 8:33 — And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the…
• Joshua 24:1 — And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their…
• 1 Chronicles 23:4 — Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
• 1 Chronicles 27:1 — Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any…
• 2 Chronicles 19:11 — And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the…
• 2 Chronicles 34:13 — Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.