Dict: easton - Governor

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(1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace ( kjv@2Chronicals:28:7; comp. kjvKings:4:6), chief of the temple ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:11; kjv@Jeremiah:20:1), the leader of the Aaronites ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:27), keeper of the sacred treasury (26:24), captain of the army (13:1), the king ( kjv@1Samuel:9:16), the Messiah kjv@Daniel:9:25).

(2.) Heb. nasi, raised; exalted. Used to denote the chiefs of families kjv@Numbers:3:24 kjv@Numbers:3:30, 32, 35); also of tribes (2:3; kjv@7:2; 3:32). These dignities appear to have been elective, not hereditary.

(3.) Heb. pakid, an officer or magistrate. It is used of the delegate of the high priest ( kjv@2Chronicals:24:11), the Levites kjv@Nehemiah:11:22), a military commander ( kjv@2Kings:25:19), Joseph's officers in Egypt kjv@Genesis:41:34).

(4.) Heb. shallit, one who has power, who rules kjv@Genesis:42:6; kjv@Ezra:4:20; kjv@Ecclesiastes:8:8; kjv@Daniel:2:15 kjv@Daniel:5:29).

(5.) Heb. aluph, literally one put over a thousand, i.e., a clan or a subdivision of a tribe. Used of the "dukes" of Edom Genesis:36), and of the Jewish chiefs kjv@Zechariah:9:7).

(6.) Heb. moshel, one who rules, holds dominion. Used of many classes of rulers kjv@Genesis:3:16 kjv@Genesis:24:2 kjv@Genesis:45:8 ; kjv@Psalms:105:20); of the Messiah kjv@Micah:5:2); of God ( kjv@1Chronicles:29:12; kjv@Psalms:103:19).

(7.) Heb. sar, a ruler or chief; a word of very general use. It is used of the chief baker of Pharaoh kjv@Genesis:40:16); of the chief butler (40:2, etc.
See also kjv@Genesis:47:6; kjv@Exodus:1:11; kjv@Daniel:1:7; kjv@Judges:10:18; kjvKings:22:26; 20:15; kjv@2Kings:1:9; kjv@2Samuel:24:2). It is used also of angels, guardian angels kjv@Daniel:10:13 kjv@Daniel:10:20, 21; 12:1; 10:13; 8:25).

(8.) Pehah, whence pasha, i.e., friend of the king; adjutant; governor of a province ( kjv@2Kings:18:24; kjv@Isaiah:36:9; kjv@Jeremiah:51:57; kjv@Ezekiel:23:6 kjv@Ezekiel:23:23 kjv@Daniel:3:2; kjv@Esther:3:12), or a perfect kjv@Nehemiah:3:7 kjv@Nehemiah:5:14; kjv@Ezra:5:3; kjv@Haggai:1:1). This is a foreign word, Assyrian, which was early adopted into the Hebrew idiom (kjvKings:10:15).

(9.) The Chaldean word segan is applied to the governors of the Babylonian satrapies kjv@Daniel:3:2 kjv@Daniel:3:27 kjv@Daniel:6:7); the prefects over the Magi (2:48). The corresponding Hebrew word segan is used of provincial rulers kjv@Jeremiah:51:23 kjv@Jeremiah:51:28, 57); also of chiefs and rulers of the people of Jerusalem kjv@Ezra:9:2; kjv@Nehemiah:2:16 kjv@Nehemiah:4:14 kjv@Nehemiah:4:19 kjv@Nehemiah:5:7 ,17; kjv@7:5; 12:40). In the New Testament there are also different Greek words rendered thus.

(1.) Meaning an ethnarch ( kjv@2Corinthians:11:32), which was an office distinct from military command, with considerable latitude of application.

(2.) The procurator of Judea under the Romans kjv@Matthew:27:2). (Comp. kjv@Luke:2:2, where the verb from which the Greek word so rendered is derived is used.)

(3.) Steward kjv@Galatians:4:2).

(4.) Governor of the feast kjv@John:2:9), who appears here to have been merely an intimate friend of the bridegroom, and to have presided at the marriage banquet in his stead.

(5.) A director, i.e., helmsman; Lat. gubernator, kjv@James:3:4).