katsin · commander, leader

What it means

katsin (קָצִין) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “commander, leader”.

Commander: the one who gives orders and decides; a leader of troops.

How to say it

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

1. One who leads in war or over the people.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• rulers ×4
• commander ×3
• ruler ×3
• chief ×1
• commanders ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Joshua×1
• Judges×2
• Proverbs×2
• Isaiah×4
• Daniel×1
• Micah×2

• Joshua 10:24

  And it came about, when they brought these kings out to Joshua, that Joshua called to all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the men of war who had gone with him, “Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came near and put their feet on their necks.

• Judges 11:6

  They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, and let us fight against the sons of Ammon.”

• Judges 11:11

  So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him over them head and commander; and Jephthah spoke all his words before YHWH at Mizpah.

• Proverbs 6:7

  which, having no chief, supervisor, or ruler,

• Proverbs 25:15

  By patience a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks bone.

• Isaiah 1:10

  Hear the word of YHWH, rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our Elohim, people of Gomorrah!

• Isaiah 3:6

  When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have a cloak; you shall be ruler for us, and this ruin shall be under your hand,”

• Isaiah 3:7

  he will lift up his voice on that day, saying, “I will not be one who binds wounds; in my house there is no bread and no cloak; you shall not make me ruler of the people.”

• Isaiah 22:3

  All your rulers fled together; without the bow they were bound; all of you who were found were bound together; far away they had fled.

• Daniel 11:18

  And he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many; but a commander will put an end to his reproach for him; moreover his reproach he will turn back on him.

• Micah 3:1

  And I said: “Hear, please, heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?

• Micah 3:9

  Hear this, please, heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and twist all that is upright,