Lord
סֶ֫רֶןStrong’s H5633seren (se-ren)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Seren is the Hebrew word usually translated “rulers of”, “rulers” and “rulers your”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:”
Meaning
- Lord, ruler, tyrant
- Axle
How it's translated
- rulers of 14
- and rulers of 3
- the rulers 3
- and to rulers your 1
- and axles of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 10
- Judges 7
- Joshua 1
- 1 Kings 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 3:3Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
- Judges 16:5And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
- Judges 16:8Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
- Judges 16:18And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
- Judges 16:23Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
- Judges 16:27Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
Hebrew dictionary
סֶ֫רֶן seren · lord
lord, ruler, tyrant
סֶ֫רֶן seren · axle
axle
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lord” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LORD, noun
- A master; a person possessing supreme power and authority; a ruler; a governor.
- A tyrant; an oppressive ruler.
- A husband.“My lord also being old” Genesis 18:12
- A baron; the proprietor of a manor; as the lord of the manor.
All definitions and other forms of “lord”
- A nobleman; a title of honor in Great Britain given to those who are noble by birth or creation; a peer of the realm, including dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons.
- An honorary title bestowed on certain official characters; as lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
- In scripture, the Supreme Being; Jehovah. Psalms 110:1Colossians 3:162 Thessalonians 3:1Genesis 40:12 Samuel 19:7Daniel 4:19Genesis 18:11 Kings 18:12 Kings 2:11 Corinthians 2:8Revelation 19:1
LORD, verb transitive
To invest with the dignity and privileges of a lord
LORD, verb intransitive
To domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; sometimes followed by over, and sometimes by it, in the manner of a transitive verb.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.