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hebrew #5461 - סָגָן sagan (a prefect)


Original Word:סָגָן
Transliteration: sagan
Definition:a prefect, ruler
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:(saw-gawn')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

prince, ruler

From an unused root meaning to superintend; a prefect of a province -- prince, ruler.


Englishman's Concordance

1) ruler, prefect, governor, a subordinate ruler
1a) prefects (of Assyria and Babylon)
1b) petty rulers or officials
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to superintend
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1461

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[סָגָן, סֶ֫גֶן] noun masculineprefect, 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 סִגְנָאa superior (not high) priest; Mandean אשגאנדא WBrandtMand. Schriften 169a candidate for priesthood; compare Jen in Brandtib.; hence perhaps Greek ζωγάνης, compare LewyFremdw. 129); — only plural סְגָנִיםEzekiel 23:6 14t.; suffix סְגָנֶיהָJeremiah 51:57 + Jeremiah 51:58 (where read probably סְגָנָיוᵐ5 Gie); —

1prefects of Assyr. and Babylonian Ezekiel 23:6,12,23; Jeremiah 51:23,57 (all + מַּחוֺת), Isaiah 41:25, of king of Medes Jeremiah 51:28 (+ מַּחוֺת).

2petty rulers, officials of Judah (only Nehemiah Ezra in sources): distinguished from חֹרִיםnoblesNehemiah 2:16; Nehemiah 4:8; Nehemiah 4:13; Nehemiah 5:7; Nehemiah 7:5; alone, Nehemiah 2:16; Nehemiah 12:40; Nehemiah 13:11; + יְהוּדִיםNehemiah 5:17 (see also Nehemiah 2:16); + שָׂרִיםEzra 9:2. compare Biblical Aramaic סְגַן.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5461. סְגָנִים (sagan) — 17 Occurrences

Ezra 9:2
HEB:וְיַ֧ד הַשָּׂרִ֣ים וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים הָ֥יְתָ֛ה בַּמַּ֥עַל
NAS: of the princes and the rulers have been
KJV: of the princes and rulers hath been chief
INT: the hands of the princes and the rulers have been unfaithfulness

Nehemiah 2:16
HEB: וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים לֹ֤א יָדְעוּ֙
NAS:The officials did not know where
KJV:And the rulers knew
INT:the officials nor know

Nehemiah 2:16
HEB:וְלַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים וְלַחֹרִ֣ים וְלַסְּגָנִ֗ים וּלְיֶ֙תֶר֙ עֹשֵׂ֣ה
NAS: the nobles, the officials or the rest
KJV: nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest
INT: the priests the nobles the officials the rest did

Nehemiah 4:14
HEB:הַחֹרִ֤ים וְאֶל־ הַסְּגָנִים֙ וְאֶל־ יֶ֣תֶר
NAS: to the nobles, the officials and the rest
KJV: unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest
INT: the nobles about the officials and to the rest

Nehemiah 4:19
HEB:הַחֹרִ֤ים וְאֶל־ הַסְּגָנִים֙ וְאֶל־ יֶ֣תֶר
NAS: to the nobles, the officials and the rest
KJV: unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest
INT: the nobles about the officials and to the rest

Nehemiah 5:7
HEB:הַחֹרִ֣ים וְאֶת־ הַסְּגָנִ֔ים וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם
NAS: with the nobles and the rulers and said
KJV: the nobles, and the rulers, and said
INT: and contended the nobles and the rulers and said debt

Nehemiah 5:17
HEB: וְהַיְּהוּדִ֨ים וְהַסְּגָנִ֜ים מֵאָ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים
NAS: Jews and officials, besides those who came
KJV: of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came
INT: Jews and officials hundred and fifty

Nehemiah 7:5
HEB:הַחֹרִ֧ים וְאֶת־ הַסְּגָנִ֛ים וְאֶת־ הָעָ֖ם
NAS: the nobles, the officials and the people
KJV: the nobles, and the rulers, and the people,
INT: to assemble the nobles the officials and the people to be enrolled

Nehemiah 12:40
HEB:וַאֲנִ֕י וַחֲצִ֥י הַסְּגָנִ֖ים עִמִּֽי׃
NAS: So did I and half of the officials with me;
KJV: and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
INT: I half of the officials with

Nehemiah 13:11
HEB:וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙ אֶת־ הַסְּגָנִ֔ים וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה מַדּ֖וּעַ
NAS: So I reprimanded the officials and said,
KJV: Then contended I with the rulers, and said,
INT: reprimanded for the officials and said Why

Isaiah 41:25
HEB:בִשְׁמִ֑י וְיָבֹ֤א סְגָנִים֙ כְּמוֹ־ חֹ֔מֶר
NAS: And he will come upon rulers as [upon] mortar,
KJV: and he shall come upon princes as [upon] morter,
INT: my name will come rulers according to as mortar

Jeremiah 51:23
HEB:בְךָ֔ פַּח֖וֹת וּסְגָנִֽים׃
NAS: governors and prefects.
KJV: captains and rulers.
INT: shatter governors and prefects

Jeremiah 51:28
HEB:וְאֶת־ כָּל־ סְגָנֶ֑יהָ וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־
NAS: and all their prefects, And every
KJV: the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land
INT: their governors and all their prefects and every land

Jeremiah 51:57
HEB:וַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָ פַּחוֹתֶ֤יהָ וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙ וְגִבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ
NAS: Her governors, her prefects and her mighty men,
KJV: [men], her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men:
INT: wise her governors her prefects mighty may sleep

Ezekiel 23:6
HEB:תְכֵ֙לֶת֙ פַּח֣וֹת וּסְגָנִ֔ים בַּח֥וּרֵי חֶ֖מֶד
NAS: governors and officials, all
KJV: captains and rulers, all of them desirable
INT: purple governors and officials young desirable

Ezekiel 23:12
HEB:עָגָ֜בָה פַּח֨וֹת וּסְגָנִ֤ים קְרֹבִים֙ לְבֻשֵׁ֣י
NAS: governors and officials, the ones near,
KJV: captains and rulers clothed
INT: lusted governors and officials the ones dressed

Ezekiel 23:23
HEB:חֶ֜מֶד פַּח֤וֹת וּסְגָנִים֙ כֻּלָּ֔ם שָֽׁלִשִׁים֙
NAS: governors and officials all
KJV: captains and rulers, great lords
INT: desirable governors and officials all officers

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