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H8269שַׂרsar

rulerPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 25
  2. 10
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 17
  5. 5
  6. 2
  7. 9
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 17
  10. 15
  11. 25
  12. 25
  13. 47
  14. 51
  15. 11
  16. 17
  17. 15
  18. 4
  19. 9
  20. 3
  21. 3
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 17
  24. 56
  25. 4
  26. 3
  27. 18
  28. 8
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 2
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 2
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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421 occurrences in 368 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Exodus 18:25

    And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.

    שָׂרֵ֤י sa.Rei “icials of”שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “officials of”שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “officials of”וְשָׂרֵ֥י (שָׂרֵ֥י) sa.Rei “officials of”

  2. Numbers 21:18

    The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:

    שָׂרִ֗ים sa.Rim “[the] leaders”

  3. Numbers 22:8

    And he said to them, Take your rest here tonight, and I will give you an answer after hearing what the Lord says; so the chiefs of Moab kept there with Balaam that night.

    שָׂרֵֽי־ sa.rei- “[the] leaders of”

  4. Numbers 22:13

    In the morning Balaam got up and said to the chiefs of Balak, Go back to your land, for the Lord will not let me go with you.

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  5. Numbers 22:14

    So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  6. Numbers 22:15

    So Balak sent more chiefs, greater in number and of higher position than the others.

    שָׂרִ֔ים sa.Rim “leaders”

  7. Numbers 22:21

    So in the morning Balaam got up and, making his ass ready, went with the chiefs of Moab.

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  8. Numbers 22:35

    And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men; but say only what I give you to say. Then Balaam went on with the chiefs of Balak.

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  9. Numbers 22:40

    And Balak made offerings of oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam and the chiefs who were with him.

    וְלַשָּׂרִ֖ים (שָּׂרִ֖ים) sa.Rim “leaders”

  10. Numbers 23:6

    So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab.

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  11. Numbers 23:17

    So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?

    וְשָׂרֵ֥י (שָׂרֵ֥י) sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  12. Numbers 31:14

    And Moses was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.

    שָׂרֵ֤י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”וְשָׂרֵ֣י (שָׂרֵ֣י) sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  13. Numbers 31:48

    Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”וְשָׂרֵ֥י (שָׂרֵ֥י) sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  14. Numbers 31:52

    And the gold which the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds gave, as an offering to be lifted up before the Lord, came to sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels.

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  15. Numbers 31:54

    Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold given by the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and took it into the Tent of meeting, to be a sign in memory of the children of Israel before the Lord.

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  16. Deuteronomy 1:15

    So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

    שָׂרֵ֨י sa.Rei “leaders of”וְשָׂרֵ֣י (שָׂרֵ֣י) sa.Rei “leaders of”וְשָׂרֵ֤י (שָׂרֵ֤י) sa.Rei “leaders of”וְשָׂרֵ֣י (שָׂרֵ֣י) sa.Rei “leaders of”

  17. Deuteronomy 20:9

    Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “commanders of”

  18. Joshua 5:14

    And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?

    שַׂר־ sar- “[am] [the] commander of”

  19. Joshua 5:15

    And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] commander of”

  20. Judges 4:2

    And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Jabin, king of Canaan, who was ruling in Hazor; the captain of his army was Sisera, who was living in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

    וְשַׂר־ (שַׂר) sar- “[was] [the] commander of”

  21. Judges 4:7

    And I will make Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his war-carriages and his forces, come against you at the river Kishon, where I will give him into your hands.

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] commander of”

  22. Judges 5:15

    Your chiefs, Issachar, were with Deborah; and Naphtali was true to Barak; into the valley they went rushing out at his feet. In Reuben there were divisions, and great searchings of heart.

    וְשָׂרַ֤י (שָׂרַ֤) sa.Ra “princes”

  23. Judges 7:25

    And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jord

    שָׂרֵ֨י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  24. Judges 8:3

    God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

    שָׂרֵ֤י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  25. Judges 8:6

    But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] officials of”