Strong's H7860
שֹׁטֵר
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
Derivation
active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, שֹׁטֵר is translated as: officer, overseer, ruler..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.