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Lexicon :: Strong's H5461 - sāḡān

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סָגָן
Transliteration
sāḡān
Pronunciation
saw-gawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to superintend
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TWOT Reference: 1461

Strong’s Definitions

סָגָן çâgân, saw-gawn'; from an unused root meaning to superintend; a præfect of a province:—prince, ruler.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H5461 in the following manner: ruler (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H5461 in the following manner: ruler (17x).

  1. ruler, prefect, governor, a subordinate ruler

    1. prefects (of Assyria and Babylon)

    2. petty rulers or officials

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָגָן çâgân, saw-gawn'; from an unused root meaning to superintend; a præfect of a province:—prince, ruler.
STRONGS H5461: Abbreviations
† [סָגָן, סֶ֫גֶן] noun masculine prefect, ruler (loan-word from Assyrian šaknu, prefect of conquered city or province (√ šakânu, set, appoint DlHWB 659, compare SchrCOT Isaiah 41:25; apparently = Late Hebrew סָגָן, סֶגֶן, Aramaic סִגְנָא a superior (not high) priest; Mandean אשגאנדא WBrandtMand. Schriften 169 a candidate for priesthood; compare Jen in Brandtib.; hence perhaps Greek ζωγάνης, compare LewyFremdw. 129); — only plural סְגָנִים Ezekiel 23:6 + 14 times; suffix סְגָנֶיהָ Jeremiah 51:57 + Jeremiah 51:58 (where read probably סְגָנָיו Greek Version of the LXX Gie); —
1. prefects of Assyr. and Babylonian Ezekiel 23:6, 12, 23; Jeremiah 51:23, 57 (all + פַּחוֹת), Isaiah 41:25, of king of Medes Jeremiah 51:28 (+ פַּחוֹת).
2. petty rulers, officials of Judah (only Nehemiah Ezra in sources): distinguished from חֹרִים nobles Nehemiah 2:16; 4:8; 4:13; 5:7; 7:5; alone, Nehemiah 2:16; 12:40; 13:11; + יְהוּדִים Nehemiah 5:17 (see also Nehemiah 2:16); + שָׂרִים Ezra 9:2. Compare Biblical Aramaic H5460 סְגַן.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

9:2

Nehemiah

2:16; 2:16; 2:16; 4:8; 4:13; 5:7; 5:17; 7:5; 12:40; 13:11

Isaiah

41:25; 41:25

Jeremiah

51:23; 51:28; 51:57; 51:57; 51:58

Ezekiel

23:6; 23:6; 23:12; 23:23

H5461

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5461 matches the Hebrew סָגָן (sāḡān),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:2 - For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race[fn] has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:16 - And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - And I said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:17 - Moreover, there were at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:5 - Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:40 - So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - So I confronted the officials and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their stations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
as the potter treads clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28 - Prepare the nations for war against her,
the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies,
and every land under their dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - clothed in purple, governors and commanders, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, governors and commanders all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.
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