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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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.
Read in context →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.
Read in context →9 occurrences in 8 verses.
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hēgemṓn · hayg-em-ohn'
a leader, i.e. chief person (or figuratively, place) of a province
Strong's KJV usage: :--governor, prince, ruler.
Strong's first: Matthew 27:2Strong's last: Acts 26:30
Open full G2232 profile →pechâh · peh-khaw'
a prefect (of a city or small district)
Strong's KJV usage: captain, deputy, governor.
Strong's first: Nehemiah 3:7Strong's last: Malachi 1:8
Open full H6346 profile →pechâh · peh-khaw'
Strong's KJV usage: captain, governor.
Strong's first: Ezra 5:3Strong's last: Ezra 6:13
Open full H6347 profile →pâqad · paw-kad'
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.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 25:23Strong's last: Jeremiah 41:18
Open full H6485 profile →sar · sar
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.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 22:26Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 34:8
Open full H8269 profile →mâshal · maw-shal'
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 →nâgîyd · naw-gheed'
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 →hēgemoneúō · hayg-em-on-yoo'-o
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 →hēgéomai · hayg-eh'-om-ahee
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 →architríklinos · ar-khee-tree'-klee-nos
director of the entertainment
Strong's KJV usage: :--governor (ruler) of the feast.
Strong's first: John 2:8Strong's last: John 2:8
Open full G755 profile →ethnárchēs · eth-nar'-khace
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 →hormḗ · hor-may'
a violent impulse, i.e. onset
Strong's KJV usage: :--assault.
Strong's first: James 3:4Strong's last: James 3:4
Open full G3730 profile →ʼallûwph · al-loof'
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 →nâsîyʼ · naw-see'
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.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 1:2Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 1:2
Open full H5387 profile →shallîyṭ · shal-leet'
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
Open full H7989 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
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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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