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 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.
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.
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.
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.
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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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