Strong's H7860 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שֹׁטֵר (shôṭêr)

Pronunciation: sho-tare'

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write;

Definition: properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate

KJV Renderings: officer, overseer, ruler.

Senses

1. (Qal) official, officer

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.