7860. shoter

Strong's Lexicon

shoter: Officer, official, overseer

Original Word: שׁוֹטֵר
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Transliteration: shoter
Pronunciation: sho-TER
Phonetic Spelling: (sho-tare')
Definition: Officer, official, overseer
Meaning: a scribe, an official superintendent, magistrate

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to write (compare with the Hebrew word for "scribe").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "shoter," similar roles can be found in terms like "archon" (G758 - ruler) or "huperetes" (G5257 - servant, officer).

Usage: The term "shoter" refers to an officer or official who holds a position of authority, often involved in administrative or enforcement roles. In the context of ancient Israel, shoters were responsible for maintaining order, implementing decisions, and assisting in the execution of laws and commands. They were akin to modern-day law enforcement officers or bureaucratic officials.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite society, shoters played a crucial role in the governance and judicial systems. They were often appointed to assist judges and leaders in the administration of justice and the enforcement of laws. Their duties could include organizing the people, overseeing public works, and ensuring compliance with legal and religious mandates. The role of a shoter was essential in maintaining societal order and facilitating communication between the leaders and the people.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
official, officer
NASB Translation
foremen (5), officer (1), officers (17), official (1), officials (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שֹׁטֵר noun masculine official, officer (properly scribe, secretary? or from original meaning as arranger, organizer?); — absolute ׳שׁ Proverbs 6:7, ׳שׁו2Chronicles 26:11; plural שֹׁטְרִים Deuteronomy 1:15 +, etc.; — apparently subordinate officer, judicial, civil or military (compare Dr^{Deuteronomy 1. 15} Gray^{Numbers 11:16}); organizing people for marching Joshua 1:10; Joshua 3:2 (both E), compare Deuteronomy 20:5,8,9; appointed over Israel by Egyptian overseers Exodus 5:14, compare Exodus 5:6; Exodus 5:10; Exodus 5:15; Exodus 5:19 (all J); elsewhere + זְקֵנִים Numbers 11:16 (E), Deuteronomy 29:9; Deuteronomy 31:28; + שֹׁפְטִים Deuteronomy 16:18; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 26:29, + ׳ז and ׳שֹׁפ Joshua 8:33 (R^D), and ( + רָאשִׁים) Joshua 23:2 (R^D), Joshua 24:1 (E, or R^D); ׳שֹׁט as minor judges also Deuteronomy 1:15; הַמְשָֽׁרְתִים אֶתהַֿמֶּלֶךְ ׳שֹׁט 1 Chronicles 27:1, chosen from Levites 2Chronicles 19:11; 34:13 (+ סוֺפְרִים, שׁוֺעֲרִים); as title of individual 2 Chronicles 26:11 ("" הַסּוֺפֵר); of ant, אֵיןלָֿהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמשֵׁל Proverbs 6:7.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

officer, overseer, ruler

Active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate -- officer, overseer, ruler.

Forms and Transliterations

הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים֮ הַשֹּׁטְרִ֖ים הַשֹּׁטְרִים֮ הַשּׁוֹטֵ֑ר השוטר השטרים וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים וְשֹׁ֣טְרֵיכֶ֔ם וְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים וְשֹׁטְרִ֣ים ׀ וְשֹׁטְרִ֥ים וְשֹׁטְרֵיהֶם֩ וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶ֑ם וְשֹׁטְרָ֑יו וּלְשֹֽׁטְרָ֑יו וּלְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו ולשטריו ושטריהם ושטריו ושטריכם ושטרים לְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים לשטרים שֹֽׁטְרֵ֧י שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ שֹׁטְרֵ֥י שֹׁטְרָ֖יו שֹׁטֵ֥ר שטר שטרי שטריו haš·šō·ṭə·rîm haš·šō·w·ṭêr hashshoTer hashshoteRim haššōṭərîm haššōwṭêr lə·šō·ṭə·rîm leshoteRim ləšōṭərîm shoTer shoteRav shoteRei šō·ṭə·rāw šō·ṭə·rê šō·ṭêr šōṭêr šōṭərāw šōṭərê ū·lə·šō·ṭə·rāw uleshoteRav ūləšōṭərāw veShoteRav veShotereiChem veshotereiHem veshoteRim wə·šō·ṭə·rāw wə·šō·ṭə·rê·hem wə·šō·ṭə·rê·ḵem wə·šō·ṭə·rîm wəšōṭərāw wəšōṭərêhem wəšōṭərêḵem wəšōṭərîm

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 5:6
HEB: בָּעָ֔ם וְאֶת־ שֹׁטְרָ֖יו לֵאמֹֽר׃
NAS: over the people and their foremen, saying,
KJV: of the people, and their officers, saying,
INT: the taskmasters the people and their foremen saying

Exodus 5:10
HEB: נֹגְשֵׂ֤י הָעָם֙ וְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֶל־
NAS: of the people and their foremen went
KJV: went out, and their officers, and they spake
INT: the taskmasters of the people and their foremen and spoke to

Exodus 5:14
HEB: וַיֻּכּ֗וּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
NAS: Moreover, the foremen of the sons
KJV: And the officers of the children
INT: were beaten the foremen of the sons of Israel

Exodus 5:15
HEB: וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
NAS: Then the foremen of the sons of Israel
KJV: Then the officers of the children
INT: came the foremen of the sons of Israel

Exodus 5:19
HEB: וַיִּרְא֞וּ שֹֽׁטְרֵ֧י בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
NAS: The foremen of the sons of Israel
KJV: And the officers of the children
INT: saw the foremen of the sons of Israel

Numbers 11:16
HEB: זִקְנֵ֥י הָעָ֖ם וְשֹׁטְרָ֑יו וְלָקַחְתָּ֤ אֹתָם֙
NAS: of the people and their officers and bring
KJV: of the people, and officers over them; and bring
INT: to be the elders of the people and their officers and bring to

Deuteronomy 1:15
HEB: וְשָׂרֵ֣י עֲשָׂרֹ֔ת וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶֽם׃
NAS: and of tens, and officers for your tribes.
KJV: over tens, and officers among your tribes.
INT: leaders tens and officers your tribes

Deuteronomy 16:18
HEB: שֹׁפְטִ֣ים וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים תִּֽתֶּן־ לְךָ֙
NAS: for yourself judges and officers in all
KJV: Judges and officers shalt thou make
INT: judges and officers shall appoint all

Deuteronomy 20:5
HEB: וְדִבְּר֣וּ הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים֮ אֶל־ הָעָ֣ם
NAS: The officers also shall speak
KJV: And the officers shall speak
INT: shall speak the officers to the people

Deuteronomy 20:8
HEB: וְיָסְפ֣וּ הַשֹּׁטְרִים֮ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־
NAS: Then the officers shall speak further
KJV: And the officers shall speak further
INT: further the officers shall speak to

Deuteronomy 20:9
HEB: וְהָיָ֛ה כְּכַלֹּ֥ת הַשֹּׁטְרִ֖ים לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־
NAS: When the officers have finished
KJV: And it shall be, when the officers have made an end
INT: become have finished the officers speaking to

Deuteronomy 29:10
HEB: שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗ם זִקְנֵיכֶם֙ וְשֹׁ֣טְרֵיכֶ֔ם כֹּ֖ל אִ֥ישׁ
NAS: your elders and your officers, [even] all
KJV: your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men
INT: your tribes your elders and your officers all the men

Deuteronomy 31:28
HEB: זִקְנֵ֥י שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֖ם וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶ֑ם וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗ם
NAS: of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak
KJV: of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak
INT: the elders of your tribes and your officers may speak their hearing

Joshua 1:10
HEB: יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ אֶת־ שֹׁטְרֵ֥י הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃
NAS: commanded the officers of the people,
KJV: commanded the officers of the people,
INT: commanded Joshua the officers of the people saying

Joshua 3:2
HEB: יָמִ֑ים וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ הַשֹּׁטְרִ֖ים בְּקֶ֥רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
NAS: days the officers went through
KJV: days, that the officers went
INT: days went the officers the midst of the camp

Joshua 8:33
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל וּזְקֵנָ֡יו וְשֹׁטְרִ֣ים ׀ וְשֹׁפְטָ֡יו עֹמְדִ֣ים
NAS: with their elders and officers and their judges
KJV: and their elders, and officers, and their judges,
INT: Israel their elders and officers and their judges were standing

Joshua 23:2
HEB: וּלְרָאשָׁ֔יו וּלְשֹׁפְטָ֖יו וּלְשֹֽׁטְרָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
NAS: and their judges and their officers, and said
KJV: and for their judges, and for their officers, and said
INT: and their heads and their judges and their officers and said about

Joshua 24:1
HEB: וּלְרָאשָׁ֗יו וּלְשֹֽׁפְטָיו֙ וּלְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י
NAS: and their judges and their officers; and they presented
KJV: and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented
INT: their heads and their judges and their officers presented before

1 Chronicles 23:4
HEB: וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָ֑לֶף וְשֹׁטְרִ֥ים וְשֹׁפְטִ֖ים שֵׁ֥שֶׁת
NAS: and 6,000 [were] officers and judges,
KJV: thousand [were] officers and judges:
INT: and four thousand officers and judges and six

1 Chronicles 26:29
HEB: עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים וּלְשֹׁפְטִֽים׃
NAS: for Israel, as officers and judges.
KJV: over Israel, for officers and judges.
INT: for Israel officers and judges

1 Chronicles 27:1
HEB: הָֽאֲלָפִ֣ים ׀ וְהַמֵּא֡וֹת וְשֹׁטְרֵיהֶם֩ הַמְשָׁרְתִ֨ים אֶת־
NAS: and of hundreds, and their officers who served
KJV: and hundreds, and their officers that served
INT: of thousands and hundreds and their officers served the king

2 Chronicles 19:11
HEB: דְּבַר־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְשֹׁטְרִ֥ים הַלְוִיִּ֖ם לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם
NAS: Also the Levites shall be officers before
KJV: also the Levites [shall be] officers before
INT: pertains to the king shall be officers the Levites before

2 Chronicles 26:11
HEB: הַסּוֹפֵ֔ר וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הוּ הַשּׁוֹטֵ֑ר עַ֚ל יַד־
NAS: and Maaseiah the official, under
KJV: and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand
INT: the scribe and Maaseiah the official under the direction

2 Chronicles 34:13
HEB: וּמֵֽהַלְוִיִּ֔ם סוֹפְרִ֥ים וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים וְשׁוֹעֲרִֽים׃
NAS: [were] scribes and officials and gatekeepers.
KJV: [there were] scribes, and officers, and porters.
INT: the Levites scribes and officials and gatekeepers

Proverbs 6:7
HEB: לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃
NAS: having no chief, Officer or ruler,
KJV: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
INT: having chief Officer ruler

25 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7860
25 Occurrences

haš·šō·w·ṭêr — 1 Occ.
haš·šō·ṭə·rîm — 4 Occ.
lə·šō·ṭə·rîm — 1 Occ.
šō·ṭêr — 1 Occ.
šō·ṭə·rāw — 1 Occ.
šō·ṭə·rê — 4 Occ.
ū·lə·šō·ṭə·rāw — 2 Occ.
wə·šō·ṭə·rāw — 2 Occ.
wə·šō·ṭə·rê·ḵem — 2 Occ.
wə·šō·ṭə·rê·hem — 1 Occ.
wə·šō·ṭə·rîm — 6 Occ.