Strong's Concordance H8269

Original Word: שַׂר
Transliteration: sar
Phonetic Spelling: sar
from H8323; a head person (of any rank or class); captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

Usages throughout the bible

Judges 9:30 - And when Zebul the ruler H8269 of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

Judges 10:18 - And the people and princes H8269 of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

1 Samuel 8:12 - And he will appoint him captains H8269 over thousands, and captains H8269 over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

1 Samuel 12:9 - And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain H8269 of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

1 Samuel 14:50 - And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain H8269 of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

1 Samuel 17:18 - And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain H8269 of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1 Samuel 17:55 - And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain H8269 of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

1 Samuel 18:13 - Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain H8269 over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

1 Samuel 18:30 - Then the princes H8269 of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

1 Samuel 22:2 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain H8269 over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

1 Samuel 22:7 - Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains H8269 of thousands, and captains H8269 of hundreds;

1 Samuel 26:5 - And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain H8269 of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

1 Samuel 29:3 - Then said the princes H8269 of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes H8269 of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

1 Samuel 29:4 - And the princes H8269 of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes H8269 of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

1 Samuel 29:9 - And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes H8269 of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

2 Samuel 2:8 - But Abner the son of Ner, captain H8269 of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

2 Samuel 3:38 - And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince H8269 and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

2 Samuel 4:2 - And Saul's son had two men that were captains H8269 of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

2 Samuel 10:3 - And the princes H8269 of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

2 Samuel 10:16 - And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain H8269 of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

2 Samuel 10:18 - And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain H8269 of their host, who died there.

2 Samuel 18:1 - And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains H8269 of thousands and captains H8269 of hundreds over them.

2 Samuel 18:5 - And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains H8269 charge concerning Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:6 - In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes H8269 nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

2 Samuel 19:13 - And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain H8269 of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

2 Samuel 23:19 - Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: H8269 howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

2 Samuel 24:2 - For the king said to Joab the captain H8269 of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

2 Samuel 24:4 - Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains H8269 of the host. And Joab and the captains H8269 of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

1 Kings 1:19 - And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain H8269 of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.

1 Kings 1:25 - For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains H8269 of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

1 Kings 2:5 - Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains H8269 of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

1 Kings 2:32 - And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain H8269 of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain H8269 of the host of Judah.

1 Kings 4:2 - And these were the princes H8269 which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

1 Kings 5:16 - Beside the chief H8269 of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

1 Kings 9:22 - But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, H8269 and his captains, and rulers H8269 of his chariots, and his horsemen.

1 Kings 9:23 - These were the chief H8269 of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

1 Kings 11:15 - For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain H8269 of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

1 Kings 11:21 - And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain H8269 of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

1 Kings 11:24 - And he gathered men unto him, and became captain H8269 over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

1 Kings 14:27 - And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief H8269 of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.

1 Kings 15:20 - So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains H8269 of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

1 Kings 16:9 - And his servant Zimri, captain H8269 of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:16 - And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain H8269 of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

1 Kings 20:14 - And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes H8269 of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

1 Kings 20:15 - Then he numbered the young men of the princes H8269 of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

1 Kings 20:17 - And the young men of the princes H8269 of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

1 Kings 20:19 - So these young men of the princes H8269 of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

2 Kings 1:9 - Then the king sent unto him a captain H8269 of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

2 Kings 1:10 - And Elijah answered and said to the captain H8269 of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

2 Kings 1:11 - Again also he sent unto him another captain H8269 of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.