Lexical Definition

‎שֹׁטֵר‎ shôṭêr (sho-tare') official ^H:N-M
active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write

officer, overseer, ruler.

• properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate

1) (Qal) official, officer

See Greek: ἀναγκάζω · γραμματεύς · κριτής

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

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