The Definition of the word Governor

Governor

(1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his "capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1" "Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the" "leader of the Aaronites (1 Chr. 12:27), keeper of the sacred" "treasury (26:24), captain of the army (13:1), the king (1 Sam." "9:16), the Messiah (Dan. 9:25)." "(2.) Heb. nasi, raised; exalted. Used to denote the chiefs of "families (Num. 3:24, 30, 32, 35); also of tribes (2:3; 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 (2 Chr. 24:11), the Levites (Neh." "11:22), a military commander (2 Kings 25:19), Joseph's officers" in Egypt (Gen. 41:34). "(4.) Heb. shallit, one who has power, who rules (Gen. 42:6; Ezra 4:20; Eccl. 8:8; Dan. 2:15; 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 (Gen." "36), and of the Jewish chiefs (Zech. 9:7)." "(6.) Heb. moshel, one who rules, holds dominion. Used of many classes of rulers (Gen. 3:16; 24:2; 45:8; Ps. 105:20); of the Messiah (Micah 5:2); of God (1 Chr. 29:12; Ps. 103:19). "(7.) Heb. sar, a ruler or chief; a word of very general use. It is used of the chief baker of Pharaoh (Gen. 40:16); of the chief "butler (40:2, etc. See also Gen. 47:6; Ex. 1:11; Dan. 1:7; Judg." 10:18; 1 Kings 22:26; 20:15; 2 Kings 1:9; 2 Sam. 24:2). It is "used also of angels, guardian angels (Dan. 10:13, 20, 21; 12:1;" 10:13; 8:25). "(8.) Pehah, whence pasha, i.e., friend of the king; adjutant; governor of a province (2 Kings 18:24; Isa. 36:9; Jer. 51: 57; "Ezek. 23:6, 23; Dan. 3:2; Esther 3: 12), or a perfect (Neh. 3:7;" "5:14; Ezra 5:3; Hag. 1:1). This is a foreign word, Assyrian," which was early adopted into the Hebrew idiom (1 Kings 10:15). "(9.) The Chaldean word segan is applied to the governors of the "Babylonian satrapies (Dan. 3:2, 27; 6:7); the prefects over the" Magi (2:48). The corresponding Hebrew word segan is used of "provincial rulers (Jer. 51:23, 28, 57); also of chiefs and" "rulers of the people of Jerusalem (Ezra 9:2; Neh. 2:16; 4:14," "19; 5:7, 17; 7:5; 12:40)." "In the New Testament there are also different Greek words rendered thus. "(1.) Meaning an ethnarch (2 Cor. 11:32), which was an office "distinct from military command, with considerable latitude of" application. "(2.) The procurator of Judea under the Romans (Matt. 27:2). "(Comp. Luke 2:2, where the verb from which the Greek word so" rendered is derived is used.) "(3.) Steward (Gal. 4:2). "(4.) Governor of the feast (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, (James 3:4).