שַׂר

sar

Hebrew H8269 Noun, masculine 421 occurrences in 368 verses
שַׂר ruler

1. prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain

a. chieftain, leader

b. vassal, noble, official (under king)

c. captain, general, commander (military)

d. chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)

e. heads, princes (of religious office)

f. elders (of representative leaders of people)

g. merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)

h. patron-angel

i. Ruler of rulers (of God)

j. warden

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 368 verses

  1. 1 Kings 22:32 שָׂרֵ֨י

    When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.

  2. 1 Kings 22:33 שָׂרֵ֣י

    And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

  3. 2 Kings 1:9 שַׂר־

    Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”

  4. 2 Kings 1:10 שַׂ֣ר

    Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

  5. 2 Kings 1:11 שַׂר־

    So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”

  6. 2 Kings 1:13 שַׂר־שַׂר־

    So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.

  7. 2 Kings 1:14 שָׂרֵ֧י

    Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”

  8. 2 Kings 4:13 שַׂ֣ר

    and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.

  9. 2 Kings 5:1 שַׂר־

    Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

  10. 2 Kings 8:21 שָׂרֵ֣י

    So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.

  11. 2 Kings 9:5 שָׂרֵ֤יהַשָּׂ֑רהַשָּֽׂר׃

    and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.

  12. 2 Kings 10:1 שָׂרֵ֤י

    Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:

  13. 2 Kings 11:4 שָׂרֵ֣י

    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

  14. 2 Kings 11:9 שָׂרֵ֣י

    So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.

  15. 2 Kings 11:10 לְשָׂרֵ֣י

    Then the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields of King David from the house of the LORD.

  16. 2 Kings 11:14 וְהַשָּׂרִ֤ים

    And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”

  17. 2 Kings 11:15 שָׂרֵ֥י

    And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”

  18. 2 Kings 11:19 שָׂרֵ֣י

    He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,

  19. 2 Kings 23:8 שַׂר־

    Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.

  20. 2 Kings 24:12 וְשָׂרָ֣יו

    Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

  21. 2 Kings 24:14 הַשָּׂרִ֞ים

    He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

  22. 2 Kings 25:19 שַׂ֣ר

    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

  23. 2 Kings 25:23 שָׂרֵ֨י

    When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

  24. 2 Kings 25:26 וְשָׂרֵ֣י

    Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.

  25. 1 Chronicles 11:6 וּלְשָׂ֑ר

    Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.

  26. 1 Chronicles 11:21 לְשָׂ֑ר

    He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.

  27. 1 Chronicles 12:21 שָׂרִ֖ים

    They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.

  28. 1 Chronicles 12:28 שָׂרִ֖ים

    and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.

  29. 1 Chronicles 12:34 שָׂרִ֣ים

    From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.

  30. 1 Chronicles 13:1 שָׂרֵ֧י

    Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

  31. 1 Chronicles 15:5 הַשָּׂ֔ר

    From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;

  32. 1 Chronicles 15:6 הַשָּׂ֔ר

    from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;

  33. 1 Chronicles 15:7 הַשָּׂ֔ר

    from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;

  34. 1 Chronicles 15:8 הַשָּׂ֖ר

    from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;

  35. 1 Chronicles 15:9 הַשָּׂ֖ר

    from the Hebronites, Eliel the chief and 80 of his relatives;

  36. 1 Chronicles 15:10 הַשָּׂ֔ר

    and from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the chief and 112 of his relatives.

  37. 1 Chronicles 15:16 לְשָׂרֵ֣י

    David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

  38. 1 Chronicles 15:22 שַֽׂר־

    Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.

  39. 1 Chronicles 15:25 וְשָׂרֵ֣י

    So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

  40. 1 Chronicles 15:27 הַשַּׂ֥ר

    Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.

  41. 1 Chronicles 19:3 שָׂרֵ֨י

    the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

  42. When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.

  43. 1 Chronicles 19:18 שַֽׂר־

    But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.

  44. 1 Chronicles 21:2 שָׂרֵ֣י

    So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”

  45. 1 Chronicles 22:17 שָׂרֵ֣י

    Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:

  46. 1 Chronicles 23:2 שָׂרֵ֣י

    Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.

  47. 1 Chronicles 24:5 שָֽׂרֵי־וְשָׂרֵ֣י

    Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

  48. 1 Chronicles 24:6 וְהַשָּׂרִים֙

    The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.

  49. 1 Chronicles 25:1 וְשָׂרֵ֨י

    Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

  50. 1 Chronicles 26:26 לְשָׂרֵֽי־וְשָׂרֵ֥י

    This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.

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