Official
שֹׁטֵרStrong’s H7860shoter (sho-ter)
Appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shoter is the Hebrew word usually translated “officials”, “foremen of” and “officials its”. It appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,”
Meaning
- (Qal) official, officer
How it's translated
- and officials 6
- foremen of 3
- and officials its 3
- the officials 3
- and officials your 2
- foremen its 1
- and foremen its 1
- officers of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 7
- Exodus 5
- Joshua 5
- 1 Chronicles 3
- 2 Chronicles 3
- Numbers 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 5:10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
- Exodus 5:14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
- Exodus 5:15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
- Exodus 5:19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
- Numbers 11:16And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
- Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Hebrew dictionary
שֹׁטֵר shoter · official
(Qal) official, officer
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “official” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OFFI'CIAL, adjective
- Pertaining to an office or public trust.
- Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as an official statement or report.
- Conducive by virtue of appropriate powers.
All definitions and other forms of “official”
OFFI'CIAL, noun
An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
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.