Know the Word.

Hebrew word

shôṭêr

sho-tare'

שֹׁטֵר

What it means

properly, a scribe, i.e. an official superintendent or magistrate

properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate

Where it comes from

active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write

How the King James translates it

  • officers23
  • ruler1
  • overseer1

Every place it appears 25

shôṭêr — Hebrew word meaning “properly, a scribe, i.e. an off”