1. prefect, official, ruler — A governmental official or prefect, an Assyrian loanword (from Akkadian šaknu, 'one appointed') designating appointed administrators in a provincial hierarchy. Used frequently in Nehemiah (4:14,19; 5:7,17; 7:5; 12:40; 13:11) for the officials of post-exilic Judah alongside nobles (חֹרִים); in Jeremiah 51:23,28,57 for Babylonian provincial rulers; in Ezekiel 23:6,12,23 for Assyrian officials; in Isaiah 41:25 for rulers generally; and in Ezra 9:2 for officials complicit in intermarriage. German consistently translates Statthalter (governor); Arabic varies between السُّعَاة, الْوُلاة, and الرُّؤَسَاء reflecting different Arabic terms for officials; Korean uses 관원들/관리들 (officials); Spanish uses magistrados/oficiales/gobernantes. All morphological forms (with article, with conjunction, with preposition, with pronominal suffix) represent the same single sense. 17×
AR["الرُّؤَسَاءَ","السُّعَاةِ","الوُلاةِ","الْوُلاةَ","حُكَّامِهَا","عَلَى-الوُلَاةِ","وَ-السُّعَاةُ","وَ-النُّوَّاب","وَ-الْوُلاةُ","وَ-لِـ-السُّعَاةِ","وَحُكَّامًا","وَحُكَّامِهَا","وَنُوَّابٍ"]·ben["-কর্মকর্তাদের","অধিনায়কদের","আর-উপশাসকদের","আর-উপাধ্যক্ষদের","আর-তার-উপশাসকদের","এবং-অধিনায়কদেরকে","এবং-অধিনায়কেরা","এবং-উপ-শাসনকর্তাদের","তার-উপশাসকদের","শাসনকর্তাদের-উপরে"]·DE["Statthalter","[וסגניה]","[וסגנים]","[סגניה]","[סגנים]","und-Statthalter"]·EN["and-her-prefects","and-prefects","and-rulers","and-the-officials","and-to-the-officials","her-prefects","on-rulers","the-officials"]·FR["[וסגניה]","[וסגנים]","[סגניה]","[סגנים]","et-les-préfets","et-préfet","les-préfets"]·heb["ה-סגן","ו-ה-סגן","ו-ל-ה-סגן","ו-סגניה","ו-סגנים","סגניה","סגנים"]·HI["अधिकारियों","उसके-हाकिमों","और-अधिकारियों-का","और-अधिकारियों-को","और-अधिकारी","और-उसके-सरदारों","और-सरदारों","और-हाकिम","शासकों","शासकों-के-साथ","हाकिमों","हाकिमों-पर"]·ID["dan-kepada-pemimpin-pemimpin","dan-para-penguasa","dan-pemimpin-pemimpin","dan-penguasa-penguasa","dan-penguasa-penguasanya","para-pemimpin","pejabat-pejabat","pemimpin-pemimpin","penguasa-penguasanya"]·IT["[וסגניה]","[וסגנים]","[סגניה]","[סגנים]","e-i-prefetti","e-prefetto","i-prefetti"]·jav["Lan-para-pangageng","lan-dhateng-para-pangageng","lan-para-pangageng","lan-para-wakil","lan-para-wakil-nipun","para-pangageng","para-panguwasa","para-punggawa","para-wakil-nipun"]·KO["관리들을-그녀의","그-관원들과","그-관원들을","그-관원들의","그리고-관리들을","그리고-관리들을-그녀의","그리고-관리들이다","그리고-관원들","그리고-그-관리들-의","그리고-그-관리들은","그리고-에게-그-관리들","총독들을"]·PT["e-magistrados","e-oficiais","e-os-governadores","e-os-oficiais","e-para-os-governadores","e-seus-magistrados","governadores","os-governadores","os-oficiais","seus-magistrados"]·RU["близких","и-начальникам","и-начальники","и-начальников","и-правителей","и-правителей-его","начальникам","начальников","правителей-его","правители","сановников"]·ES["Y-los-magistrados","gobernantes","los-magistrados","sus-oficiales","y-a-los-magistrados","y-a-sus-oficiales","y-los-gobernantes","y-los-magistrados","y-oficiales"]·SW["maafisa","maofisa","na-kwa-maofisa","na-maafisa","na-maofisa","na-wakuu","na-wakuu-wake","na-wasimamizi","wake","watawala"]·TR["komutanlarını","valiler","valileri","ve-komutanları","ve-komutanlarını-onun","ve-yetkililerin","ve-yöneticiler","ve-yöneticilere","yöneticilere","yöneticileri","yöneticilerin"]·urd["اور-اُس-کے-نائبوں-کو","اور-حاکم","اور-حکاموں","اور-سرداروں-کو","اور-نائب","اور-نائبوں-کو","اور-کو-نائبوں","اُس-کے-سرداروں","حاکموں","حاکموں-کو","حکمرانوں-پر","نائبوں","نائبوں-کے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [סָגָן, סֶ֫גֶן] n.m. prefect, ruler (loan-word from Assyrian šaknu, prefect of conquered city or province (√ šakânu, set, appoint) DlHWB 659, cf. SchrCOT Is 41:25; appar. = NH סָגָן, סֶגֶן, Aramaic סִגְנָא a superior (not high) priest; Mand. אשגאנדא WBrandtMand. Schriften 169 a candidate for priesthood; cf. Jen in Brandtib.; hence perhaps Gk. ζωγάνης, cf. LewyFremdw. 129);—only pl. סְגָנִים Ez…