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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 JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:31

    Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] officials of”

  2. 2 Chronicles 33:11

    Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

    שָׂרֵ֤י sa.Rei “[the] commanders of”

  3. 2 Chronicles 33:14

    Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of the army in all the fo

    שָֽׂרֵי־ sa.rei- “commanders of”

  4. 2 Chronicles 34:8

    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] official of”

  5. 2 Chronicles 35:8

    And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hu

    וְשָׂרָ֞יו (שָׂרָ֞י) sa.Ra “officials”

  6. 2 Chronicles 35:9

    Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for the passover-offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

    שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  7. 2 Chronicles 36:14

    Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, transgressed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of the LORD which He had hallowed in Jerusalem.

    שָׂרֵ֨י sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  8. 2 Chronicles 36:18

    And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

    וְשָׂרָ֑יו (שָׂרָ֑י) sa.Ra “officials”

  9. Ezra 7:28

    and hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened according to the hand of the LORD my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

    שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei “[the] officials of”

  10. Ezra 8:20

    and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim; all of them were mentioned by name.

    וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ (שָּׂרִים֙) sa.Rim “officials”

  11. Ezra 8:24

    Then I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, besides Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

    מִשָּׂרֵ֥י (שָּׂרֵ֥י) sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  12. Ezra 8:25

    and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered;

    וְשָׂרָ֔יו (שָׂרָ֔י) sa.Ra “officials”

  13. Ezra 8:29

    Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.'

    שָׂרֵ֨י sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”וְשָׂרֵֽי־ (שָׂרֵֽי) sa.rei- “[the] leaders of”

  14. Ezra 9:1

    Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, saying: 'The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, th

    הַשָּׂרִים֙ (שָּׂרִים֙) sa.Rim “leaders”

  15. Ezra 9:2

    For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands; yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been first in this faithlessness.'

    הַשָּׂרִ֣ים (שָּׂרִ֣ים) sa.Rim “leaders”

  16. Ezra 10:5

    Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.

    שָׂרֵי֩ sa.Rei “[the] leaders of”

  17. Ezra 10:8

    and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of the captivity.

    הַשָּׂרִים֙ (שָּׂרִים֙) sa.Rim “leaders”

  18. Ezra 10:14

    Let now our princes of all the congregation stand, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turne

    שָׂ֠רֵינוּ (שָׂ֠רֵי) Sa.rei. “leaders”

  19. Nehemiah 2:9

    Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

    שָׂ֥רֵי Sa.rei “commanders of”

  20. Nehemiah 3:9

    And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.

    שַׂ֕ר sar “[the] official of”

  21. Nehemiah 3:12

    And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

    שַׂ֕ר sar “[the] official of”

  22. Nehemiah 3:14

    And the dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth-cherem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.

    שַׂ֖ר sar “[the] official of”

  23. Nehemiah 3:15

    And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden,

    שַׂ֣ר sar “[the] official of”

  24. Nehemiah 3:16

    After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and unto the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty men.

    שַׂ֕ר sar “[the] official of”

  25. Nehemiah 3:17

    After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

    שַׂר־ sar- “[the] official of”