סָגָן (sāgān) is a Hebrew noun meaning prefect. It appears 17 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5461).

Also rendered

• ruler

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1461)

Root family 1461: סָגָן sāgān — סֶגֶן (segen) prefect, a subordinate ruler (e.g. Ezk 23:6; Jer 51:23). Probably a loan word from Akkadian

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