Definition

properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate

Etymology

active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write;

How the KJV renders it

• officer
• overseer
• ruler

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.