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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. Judges 8:14

    And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

    שָׂרֵ֤י sa.Rei “[the] officials of”

  2. Judges 9:30

    Now Zebul, the ruler of the town, hearing what Gaal, the son of Ebed, had said, was moved to wrath.

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] official of”

  3. Judges 10:18

    And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.

    שָׂרֵ֤י sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  4. 1 Samuel 8:12

    And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “commanders of”וְשָׂרֵ֣י (שָׂרֵ֣י) sa.Rei “commanders of”

  5. 1 Samuel 12:9

    But they were false to the Lord their God, and he gave them up into the hands of Sisera, captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab, who made war against them.

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] commander of”

  6. 1 Samuel 14:50

    The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, brother of Saul's father.

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] commander of”

  7. 1 Samuel 17:18

    And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.

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

  8. 1 Samuel 17:55

    And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.

    שַׂ֣ר sar “[the] commander of”

  9. 1 Samuel 18:13

    So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.

    שַׂר־ sar- “a commander of”

  10. 1 Samuel 18:30

    Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  11. 1 Samuel 22:2

    And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.

    לְשָׂ֑ר (שָׂ֑ר) Sar “a commander”

  12. 1 Samuel 22:7

    Then Saul said to his servants who were there about him, Give ear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give to every one of you fields and vine-gardens, will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands;

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “commanders of”וְשָׂרֵ֥י (שָׂרֵ֥י) sa.Rei “commanders of”

  13. 1 Samuel 26:5

    And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people wer

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] commander of”

  14. 1 Samuel 29:3

    Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a year or two, and I have never seen any wro

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

  15. 1 Samuel 29:4

    But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, Make the man go back to the place you have given him; do not let him go down with us to the fight, or he may be turned against us and be false to us: for how will this man make peace

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

  16. 1 Samuel 29:9

    And Achish in answer said, It is true that in my eyes you are good, like an angel of God: but still, the rulers of the Philistines have said, He is not to go up with us to the fight.

    שָׂרֵ֤י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  17. 2 Samuel 2:8

    Now Abner, the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth over to Mahanaim,

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] commander of”

  18. 2 Samuel 3:38

    And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?

    שַׂ֣ר sar “a leader”

  19. 2 Samuel 4:2

    And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands, one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the tribe of Benjamin; (for Beeroth was at one time taken to be part of Benjamin:

    שָׂרֵֽי־ sa.rei- “commanders of”

  20. 2 Samuel 10:3

    But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it

    שָׂרֵ֨י sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  21. 2 Samuel 10:16

    And Hadadezer sent for the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] commander of”

  22. 2 Samuel 10:18

    And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven hundred Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and Shobach, the captain of the army, was wounded, and came to his death there.

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] commander of”

  23. 2 Samuel 18:1

    And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “commanders of”וְשָׂרֵ֥י (שָׂרֵ֥י) sa.Rei “commanders of”

  24. 2 Samuel 18:5

    And the king gave orders to Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Because of me, be gentle to the young man Absalom. And this order about Absalom was given in the hearing of all the people.

    הַשָּׂרִ֖ים (שָּׂרִ֖ים) sa.Rim “commanders”

  25. 2 Samuel 19:6

    For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your ey

    שָׂרִ֣ים sa.Rim “commanders”