שָׂרַר
sarar · rule as prince
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8323 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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sarar (שָׂרַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rule as prince”.
Rule as a prince; make oneself a prince over others.
How to say it
sa·rar
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Command as owner; make oneself head; appoint chiefs.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- make yourself a prince ×2
- govern ×1
- master ×1
- they have made officials ×1
- will rule ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Numbers 16:13
Is it too little that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness, that you should make yourself a prince over us, even make yourself a prince?
- Esther 1:22
he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, to each province according to its script and to each people according to its language, that every man should be master in his house and speak according to the language of his people.
- Proverbs 8:16
By me princes govern, and nobles, all the judges of righteousness.
- Isaiah 32:1
Look, for righteousness a king will reign, and princes for justice will rule.
- Hosea 8:4
They have made kings, but not from me; they have made officials, but I did not know it; with their silver and their gold they have made for themselves idols, so that it may be cut off.
And 1 more times.