1) ruler, prefect, governor, a subordinate ruler 1a) prefects (of Assyria and Babylon) 1b) petty rulers or officials Aramaic equivalent: se.gan (סְגַן "prefect" H5460)
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H5461 — סָגָן
sa.gan · ruler · Hebrew/Aramaic
13 tagged verse occurrences
Ezra 9:2 · וְהַסְּגָנִ֗יםFor they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.”Nehemiah 2:16 · וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים · וְלַסְּגָנִ֗יםThe rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.Nehemiah 4:14 · הַסְּגָנִים֙I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”Nehemiah 4:19 · הַסְּגָנִים֙I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.Nehemiah 5:7 · הַסְּגָנִ֔יםThen I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.Nehemiah 5:17 · וְהַסְּגָנִ֜יםMoreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.Nehemiah 7:5 · הַסְּגָנִ֛יםMy God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:Nehemiah 12:40 · הַסְּגָנִ֖יםSo stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;Nehemiah 13:11 · הַסְּגָנִ֔יםThen I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.Isaiah 41:25 · סְגָנִים֙“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.Jeremiah 51:23 · וּסְגָנִֽים׃and with you will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke; and with you will I break in pieces governors and deputies.Jeremiah 51:28 · סְגָנֶ֑יהָPrepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion.Jeremiah 51:57 · וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.