שַׂרsar
chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
Pronunciation: sar · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8269
Meanings
1. chieftain, leader
b. David as leader of freebooters (1 Samuel 22:2; 1 Kings 11:24; 2 Samuel 4:2)
2. vassal, noble, official, under king (acting, on occasion, as counselor, commander, etc.)
a. in Egypt (Genesis 12:15; Genesis 30:4; Psalms 105:22)
b. ‡adi, id. (Exodus 2:14; Exodus 18:21; Deuteronomy 1:15)
d. commandant, officials (Judges 9:30; 1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chronicles 18:25)
3. specifically military, = captain, general
b. captain of the chariotry (2 Kings 1:9-14; Isaiah 3:3; 1 Samuel 22:7)
4.
a. chief, head, of other official classes (Genesis 37:36; 1 Kings 14:27; 2 Chronicles 12:10)
b. = overseer (Genesis 39:21; Genesis 39:23; Genesis 47:6)
5. of religious office (Ezra 8:24; Ezra 8:29; Ezra 10:5)
6. of representative leaders of people, tribal heads (1 Chronicles 27:22; 1 Chronicles 29:6; 1 Chronicles 28:1)
7. princes' (Isaiah 23:8; Job 3:15; Job 29:9)
8. = patron-angel, only Daniel (Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:20; Daniel 10:21)
9. = God (Daniel 8:11; Daniel 8:25)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 421 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 12:15 When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh, their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace.
- Genesis 21:22 About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. “God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do,” Abimelech said.
- Genesis 21:32 After making their covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they returned home to the land of the Philistines.
- Genesis 26:26 One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander.
- Genesis 37:36 Meanwhile, the Midianite traders arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.
- Genesis 39:1 When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
See every passage
- Genesis 12:15, 21:22, 21:32, 26:26, 37:36, 39:1, 39:21, 39:22, 39:23, 40:2, 40:3, 40:4, 40:9, 40:16, 40:20, 40:21, 40:22, 40:23, 41:9, 41:10, 41:12, 47:6
- Exodus 1:11, 2:14, 18:21, 18:25
- Numbers 21:18, 22:8, 22:13, 22:14, 22:15, 22:21, 22:35, 22:40, 23:6, 23:17, 31:14, 31:48, 31:52, 31:54
- Deuteronomy 1:15, 20:9
- Joshua 5:14, 5:15
- Judges 4:2, 4:7, 5:15, 7:25, 8:3, 8:6, 8:14, 9:30, 10:18
- 1 Samuel 8:12, 12:9, 14:50, 17:18, 17:55, 18:13, 18:30, 22:2, 22:7, 26:5, 29:3, 29:4, 29:9
- 2 Samuel 2:8, 3:38, 4:2, 10:3, 10:16, 10:18, 18:1, 18:5, 19:6, 19:13, 23:19, 24:2, 24:4
- 1 Kings 1:19, 1:25, 2:5, 2:32, 4:2, 5:16, 9:22, 9:23, 11:15, 11:21, 11:24, 14:27, 15:20, 16:9, 16:16, 20:14, 20:15, 20:17, 20:19, 22:26, 22:31, 22:32, 22:33
- 2 Kings 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 1:13, 1:14, 4:13, 5:1, 8:21, 9:5, 10:1, 11:4, 11:9, 11:10, 11:14, 11:15, 11:19, 23:8, 24:12, 24:14, 25:19, 25:23, 25:26
- 1 Chronicles 11:6, 11:21, 12:21, 12:28, 12:34, 13:1, 15:5, 15:6, 15:7, 15:8, 15:9, 15:10, 15:16, 15:22, 15:25, 15:27, 19:3, 19:16, 19:18, 21:2, 22:17, 23:2, 24:5, 24:6, 25:1, 26:26, 27:1, 27:3, 27:5, 27:8, 27:22, 27:31, 27:34, 28:1, 28:21, 29:6, 29:24
- 2 Chronicles 1:2, 8:9, 8:10, 12:5, 12:6, 12:10, 16:4, 17:7, 17:14, 17:15, 18:25, 18:30, 18:31, 18:32, 21:4, 21:9, 22:8, 23:1, 23:9, 23:13, 23:14, 23:20, 24:10, 24:17, 24:23, 25:5, 26:11, 28:14, 28:21, 29:20, 29:30, 30:2, 30:6, 30:12, 30:24, 31:8, 32:3, 32:6, 32:21, 32:31, 33:11, 33:14, 34:8, 35:8, 35:9, 36:14, 36:18
- Ezra 7:28, 8:20, 8:24, 8:25, 8:29, 9:1, 9:2, 10:5, 10:8, 10:14
- Nehemiah 2:9, 3:9, 3:12, 3:14, 3:15, 3:16, 3:17, 3:18, 3:19, 4:16, 7:2, 9:32, 9:34, 9:38, 11:1, 12:31, 12:32
- Esther 1:3, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 1:18, 1:21, 2:18, 3:1, 3:12, 5:11, 6:9, 8:9, 9:3
- Job 3:15, 29:9, 34:19, 39:25
- Psalms 45:16, 68:27, 82:7, 105:22, 119:23, 119:161, 148:11
- Proverbs 8:16, 19:10, 28:2
- Ecclesiastes 10:7, 10:16, 10:17
- Isaiah 1:23, 3:3, 3:4, 3:14, 9:6, 10:8, 19:11, 19:13, 21:5, 23:8, 30:4, 31:9, 32:1, 34:12, 43:28, 49:7
- Jeremiah 1:18, 2:26, 4:9, 8:1, 17:25, 24:1, 24:8, 25:18, 25:19, 26:10, 26:11, 26:12, 26:16, 26:21, 29:2, 32:32, 34:10, 34:19, 34:21, 35:4, 36:12, 36:14, 36:19, 36:21, 37:14, 37:15, 38:4, 38:17, 38:18, 38:22, 38:25, 38:27, 39:3, 40:7, 40:13, 41:11, 41:13, 41:16, 42:1, 42:8, 43:4, 43:5, 44:17, 44:21, 48:7, 49:3, 49:38, 50:35, 51:57, 51:59, 52:10, 52:25
- Lamentations 1:6, 2:2, 2:9, 5:12
- Ezekiel 11:1, 17:12, 22:27
- Daniel 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 1:18, 8:11, 8:25, 9:6, 9:8, 10:13, 10:20, 10:21, 11:5, 12:1
- Hosea 3:4, 5:10, 7:3, 7:5, 7:16, 8:10, 9:15, 13:10
- Amos 1:15, 2:3
- Micah 7:3
- Zephaniah 1:8, 3:3
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