Deuteronomy 1:15
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
שֵׁבֶט
shêbeṭ
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
στενός
stenós
narrow (from obstacles standing close about)
שֹׁטֵר
shôṭêr
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
שֵׁבֶט
shêbeṭ
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
Key Terms in This Verse
שֹׁטֵר shôṭêr
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
Study H7860 →אֶלֶף ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Study H505 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →שֵׁבֶט shêbeṭ
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
Study H7626 →שֵׁבֶט shêbeṭ
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
Study H7626 →Cross References
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
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 of thousands, and captains o...
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains 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 cha...
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