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Strong's H5461 סָגָן (cagan)

Cagan means “prince” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5461 — photizo (“shed rays”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5461
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 16
Books 5

Strong's H5461 Quick Answer

Strong's H5461 סָגָן (cagan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. cagan (saw-gawn') n-m. 1. a prefect of a province [from an unused root meaning to superintend] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include rulers. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
cagan (saw-gawn') n-m. 1. a prefect of a province [from an unused root meaning to superintend]
Usage
16 linked usages
Books
5 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
rulers

Meaning and Definition

cagan (saw-gawn') n-m. 1. a prefect of a province [from an unused root meaning to superintend] KJV: prince, ruler.

Original Word
סָגָן
Transliteration
cagan
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5461. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

ruler

Usage: 1) ruler, prefect, governor, a subordinate ruler 1a) prefects (of Assyria and Babylon) 1b) petty rulers or officials Aramaic equivalent: se.gan (סְגַן "prefect" H5460)

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How Strong's H5461 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cagan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

rulers Ezra 9:2 15×

How Strong's H5461 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 16 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5461 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5461 in the Old Testament

16 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Ezra 9:2 KJV

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

Nehemiah 2:16 KJV

And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

Nehemiah 4:14 KJV

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

Usage Excerpts

First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5461.

Ezra 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
Nehemiah 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
Nehemiah 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Nehemiah 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
Nehemiah 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
Nehemiah 5:17 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
Nehemiah 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
Nehemiah 12:40 Old Testament, KJV
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
Nehemiah 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Isaiah 41:25 Old Testament, KJV
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Jeremiah 51:23 Old Testament, KJV
I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
Jeremiah 51:28 Old Testament, KJV
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
Jeremiah 51:57 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Ezekiel 23:6 Old Testament, KJV
Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
Ezekiel 23:12 Old Testament, KJV
She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
Ezekiel 23:23 Old Testament, KJV
The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5461, grouped by book.

Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H5461 FAQ

What does cagan (סָגָן) mean?

Cagan (Strong's H5461) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "prince". cagan (saw-gawn') n-m. 1. a prefect of a province [from an unused root meaning to superintend]

How many times is cagan (סָגָן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H5461 across 5 books.

Where can I study cagan (סָגָן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5461 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate cagan (סָגָן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as rulers. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.