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Strong's #5461 - סָגָן

Transliteration
çâgân
Phonetics
saw-gawn'
Origin
from an unused root meaning to superintend
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
1461
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) ruler, prefect, governor, a subordinate ruler

1a) prefects (of Assyria and Babylon)

1b) petty rulers or officials

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 2233 ‑ ἡγέομαι (hayg‑eh'‑om‑ahee);  4755 ‑ στρατηγός (strat‑ay‑gos');  935 ‑ βασιλεύς (bas‑il‑yooce');  758 ‑ ἄρχων (ar'‑khone);  4755 ‑ στρατηγός (strat‑ay‑gos');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (17)
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 9
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 3
Ezekiel 3
NAS (17)
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 9
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 3
Ezekiel 3
HCS (17)
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 9
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 3
Ezekiel 3
BSB (17)
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 9
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 3
Ezekiel 3
ESV (17)
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 9
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 3
Ezekiel 3
WEB (18)
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 9
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 3
Ezekiel 4
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2466) ncx (סגנ SGN) AC: Ruler CO: Ruler AB: ?

Nm ) ncx (סגנ SGN) - Ruler: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (22): ruler, governor - Strongs: H5460 (סְגַן), H5461 (סָגָן)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 [סָגָן, סֶ֫גֶן] noun masculine prefect, ruler (loan-word from Assyrian šaknu, prefect of conquered city or province (√ šakâ Numbers , set, appoint Dl HWB 659, compare Schr COT Isaiah 41:25; apparently = Late Hebrew סָגָן, סֶגֶן, Aramaic סִגְנָא a superior (not high) priest; Mandean אשגאנדא WBrandt Mand. Schriften 169 a candidate for priesthood; compare Jen in Brandt ib.; hence perhaps Greek ζωγάνης, compare Lewy Fremdw. 129); — only plural סְגָנִים Ezekiel 23:6 14t.; suffix סְגָנֶיהָ Jeremiah 51:57 + Jeremiah 51:58 (where read probably סְגָנָיוᵐ5 Gie); —

1 prefects 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).

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


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

סָגָן or סֶגֶן only in pl. סְגָנִים prop. a substitute, deputy (of a prince); hence a prefect, a governor (i.q. Arab., Pers. شِحْنَهَ the letters ח and ג being interchanged).

(1) a magistrate of the Babylonians, Jeremiah 51:23, 28 Jeremiah 51:28, 57 Jeremiah 51:57; Ezekiel 23:6, 12 Ezekiel 23:12, 23 Ezekiel 23:23, compare Isaiah 41:25, see Ch. No. 1.

(2) used of the chiefs and rulers of the people of Jerusalem in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, Ezra 9:2; Nehemiah 2:16, 4:8, 13 5:7 7:5 12:40.


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List of Word Forms
הַסְּגָנִ֔ים הַסְּגָנִ֖ים הַסְּגָנִ֛ים הַסְּגָנִים֙ הסגנים וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים וְהַסְּגָנִ֜ים וְלַסְּגָנִ֗ים וּסְגָנִ֔ים וּסְגָנִ֤ים וּסְגָנִֽים׃ וּסְגָנִים֙ וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙ והסגנים ולסגנים וסגניה וסגנים וסגנים׃ סְגָנִים֙ סְגָנֶ֑יהָ סגניה סגנים has·sə·ḡā·nîm hassegaNim hassəḡānîm sə·ḡā·ne·hā sə·ḡā·nîm səḡānehā segaNeiha segaNim səḡānîm ū·sə·ḡā·ne·hā ū·sə·ḡā·nîm ūsəḡānehā usegaNeiha usegaNim ūsəḡānîm vehassegaNim velassegaNim wə·has·sə·ḡā·nîm wə·las·sə·ḡā·nîm wəhassəḡānîm wəlassəḡānîm
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