Shôṭêr — H7860

H7860 · Hebrew — שטר

Pronunciation: sho-tare'

Definition

masculine noun

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

  1. (Qal) official, officer

Usually translated as

overseer, ruler, officer

Origin

active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shôṭêr occurs 25 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (5), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (7), Joshua (5), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (3), Proverbs (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S