Genesis 42:6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
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Governor
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James 3:4
Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
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9 occurrences in 8 verses.
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Genesis
22 verses
1 Kings
22 verses
2 Kings
22 verses
1 Chronicles
11 verses
2 Chronicles
44 verses
Ezra
66 verses
Nehemiah
54 verses
Psalms
11 verses
Jeremiah
66 verses
Haggai
44 verses
Zechariah
11 verses
Malachi
11 verses
Matthew
98 verses
Luke
33 verses
John
22 verses
Acts
88 verses
2 Corinthians
11 verses
James
11 verses
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ἡγεμών
hēgemṓn · hayg-em-ohn'
16 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
a leader, i.e. chief person (or figuratively, place) of a province
Strong's KJV usage: :--governor, prince, ruler.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 27:2Strong's last: Acts 26:30
Open full G2232 profile →פֶּחָה
pechâh · peh-khaw'
10 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
a prefect (of a city or small district)
Strong's KJV usage: captain, deputy, governor.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Nehemiah 3:7Strong's last: Malachi 1:8
Open full H6346 profile →פֶּחָה
pechâh · peh-khaw'
6 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: captain, governor.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 5:3Strong's last: Ezra 6:13
Open full H6347 profile →פָּקַד
pâqad · paw-kad'
5 times translated as this KJV form304 total Strong's occurrences
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, × at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, × by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, × surely, visit, want.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 25:23Strong's last: Jeremiah 41:18
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sar · sar
4 times translated as this KJV form420 total Strong's occurrences
a head person (of any rank or class)
Strong's KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 22:26Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 34:8
Open full H8269 profile →מָשַׁל
mâshal · maw-shal'
3 times translated as this KJV form81 total Strong's occurrences
to rule
Strong's KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, × indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Strong's first: Genesis 45:26Strong's last: Jeremiah 30:21
Open full H4910 profile →נָגִיד
nâgîyd · naw-gheed'
3 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes
Strong's KJV usage: captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 29:22Strong's last: Jeremiah 20:1
Open full H5057 profile →ἡγεμονεύω
hēgemoneúō · hayg-em-on-yoo'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to act as ruler
Strong's KJV usage: :--be governor.
Strong's first: Luke 2:2Strong's last: Luke 3:1
Open full G2230 profile →ἡγέομαι
hēgéomai · hayg-eh'-om-ahee
2 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
to lead, i.e. command (with official authority); figuratively, to deem, i.e. consider
Strong's KJV usage: :--account, (be) chief, count, esteem, governor, judge, have the rule over, suppose, think.
Strong's first: Matthew 2:6Strong's last: Acts 7:10
Open full G2233 profile →ἀρχιτρίκλινος
architríklinos · ar-khee-tree'-klee-nos
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
director of the entertainment
Strong's KJV usage: :--governor (ruler) of the feast.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 2:8Strong's last: John 2:8
Open full G755 profile →ἐθνάρχης
ethnárchēs · eth-nar'-khace
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
the governor (not king) of a district
Strong's KJV usage: :--ethnarch.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 11:32Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:32
Open full G1481 profile →ὁρμή
hormḗ · hor-may'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a violent impulse, i.e. onset
Strong's KJV usage: :--assault.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: James 3:4Strong's last: James 3:4
Open full G3730 profile →אַלּוּף
ʼallûwph · al-loof'
1 times translated as this KJV form69 total Strong's occurrences
familiar; a friend, also gentle; hence, a bullock (as being tame; applied, although masculine, to a cow); and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle)
Strong's KJV usage: captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.
Strong's first: Zechariah 9:7Strong's last: Zechariah 9:7
Open full H441 profile →נָשִׂיא
nâsîyʼ · naw-see'
1 times translated as this KJV form130 total Strong's occurrences
properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
Strong's KJV usage: captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 1:2Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 1:2
Open full H5387 profile →שַׁלִּיט
shallîyṭ · shal-leet'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
potent; concretely, a prince or warrior
Strong's KJV usage: governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler.
Strong's first: Genesis 42:6Strong's last: Genesis 42:6
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H5057
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
H4910
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
H6485
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
H6485
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
H6485
Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
H6485
Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
English meaning and historical usage.
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governor
GOV'ERNOR, noun He that governs, rules or directs; one invested with supreme authority. The Creator is the rightful governor of all his creatures.
1. One who is invested with supreme authority to administer or enforce the laws; the supreme executive magistrate of a state, commmunity, corporation or post. Thus, in America, each state has its governor; Canada has its governor
2. A tutor; one who has the care of a young man; one who instructs him and forms his manners.
3. A pilot; one who steers a ship. James 3:4.
4. One possessing delegated authority. Joseph was governor over the land of Egypt. Obadiah was governor over Ahab's house. Damascus had a governor under Aretas the king.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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