שֹׁטֵר
sho.ter
“official”
Definition
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שֹׁטֵר appears 24 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
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