שַׂר sar

Hebrew word for “ruler” · Strong’s H8269 · used 421 times in 368 verses

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Meaning

1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain;

How it is translated

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

• officials 114
• commanders 100
• commander 59
• leaders 56
• princes 29
• chief 18
• official 14
• leader 11
• prince 7
• icials 3
• overseers 2
• one of the officials 2

Where it is used

Also in 16 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Chronicles 15 (10), Genesis 40 (9), Nehemiah 3 (8), Numbers 22 (7), 1 Chronicles 27 (7), 2 Kings 11 (6), Esther 1 (6), Jeremiah 38 (6), Daniel 1 (6), 2 Kings 1 (5)

Forms

• שׂרי 133
• שׂר 85
• ושׂרי 33
• השׂרים 33
• שׂרים 21
• השׂר 14
• והשׂרים 14
• שׂריו 12
• ושׂריו 11
• שׂריה 10

Words used with it

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

• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 44
• חַיִל chayil “strength” 36
• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 42
• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 33
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 38
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 34
• דָּוִד david “David” 35
• עִם im “with” 35
• עִיר ir “city” 32
• סָרִיס saris “eunuch” 16
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 27
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 26

Key verses

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

• Exodus 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of…
• 1 Chronicles 25:1 — Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with…
• 2 Chronicles 33:11 — Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and…
• Nehemiah 9:32 — Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath…
• Job 34:19 — How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
• Isaiah 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the…
• Isaiah 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The…
• Isaiah 32:1 — Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
• Isaiah 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall…
• Daniel 12:1 — And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never…
• Hosea 3:4 — For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and…
• Micah 7:3 — That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire:…

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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.