Strong's Concordance
Original word: שֹׁטֵר
Transliteration: shoter
Definition (short): officers
Definition (full): a scribe, an official superintendent, magistrate
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from an unused word
Definition: official, officer
NASB Translation: foremen (5), officer (1), officers (17), official (1), officials (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate -- officer, overseer, ruler.
References
KJV:
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
NASB:
So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,
KJV:
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
NASB:
So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I am not going to give you any straw.
KJV:
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
NASB:
Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?"
KJV:
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
NASB:
Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
KJV:
And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
NASB:
The foremen of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble because they were told, "You must not reduce your daily amount of bricks."