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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

Renderings

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421 occurrences in 368 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Kings 22:32

    And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said: 'Surely it is the king of Israel'; and they turned aside to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out.

    שָׂרֵ֨י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  2. 1 Kings 22:33

    And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  3. 2 Kings 1:9

    Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him; and, behold, he sat on the top of the hill. And he spoke unto him: `O man of God, the king hath said: Come down.'

    שַׂר־ sar- “a commander of”

  4. 2 Kings 1:10

    And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty: 'If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.' And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

    שַׂ֣ר sar “[the] commander of”

  5. 2 Kings 1:11

    And again he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him: 'O man of God, thus hath the king said: Come down quickly.'

    שַׂר־ sar- “a commander of”

  6. 2 Kings 1:13

    And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him: 'O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty

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

  7. 2 Kings 1:14

    Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in thy sight'

    שָׂרֵ֧י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  8. 2 Kings 4:13

    And he said unto him: `Say now unto her: Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host?' And she answered: 'I dwell among mine own people.'

    שַׂ֣ר sar “[the] commander of”

  9. 2 Kings 5:1

    Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and held in esteem, because by him the LORD had given victory unto Aram; he was also a mighty man of valour, but he was a leper.

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] commander of”

  10. 2 Kings 8:21

    Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  11. 2 Kings 9:5

    And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.'

    שָׂרֵ֤י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”הַשָּׂ֑ר (שָּׂ֑ר) Sar “commander”הַשָּֽׂר׃ (שָּֽׂר) Sar “commander”

  12. 2 Kings 10:1

    Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up the sons of Ahab, saying:

    שָׂרֵ֤י sa.Rei “[the] officials of”

  13. 2 Kings 11:4

    And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds, of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and sh

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  14. 2 Kings 11:9

    And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  15. 2 Kings 11:10

    And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spear and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of the LORD.

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

  16. 2 Kings 11:14

    And she looked, and, behold, the king stood on the platform, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried: 'Treason, treason.'

    וְהַשָּׂרִ֤ים (שָּׂרִ֤ים) sa.Rim “commanders”

  17. 2 Kings 11:15

    And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them: 'Have her forth between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword'; for the priest said: `Let her not be slain in the house of the L

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  18. 2 Kings 11:19

    And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the thron

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  19. 2 Kings 23:8

    And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had made offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the gover

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] governor of”

  20. 2 Kings 24:12

    And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

    וְשָׂרָ֣יו (שָׂרָ֣י) sa.Ra “officials”

  21. 2 Kings 24:14

    And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

    הַשָּׂרִ֞ים (שָּׂרִ֞ים) sa.Rim “officials”

  22. 2 Kings 25:19

    and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the

    שַׂ֣ר sar “[the] commander of”

  23. 2 Kings 25:23

    Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth th

    שָׂרֵ֨י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  24. 2 Kings 25:26

    And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

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

  25. 1 Chronicles 11:6

    And David said: 'Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.' And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.

    וּלְשָׂ֑ר (שָׂ֑ר) Sar “a commander”