Judges 5:9
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
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Governors
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1 Peter 2:14
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
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פֶּחָה
pechâh · peh-khaw'
7 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: 1 Kings 10:15Strong's last: Esther 3:12
Open full H6346 profile →סְגַן
çᵉgan · seg-an'
5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: governor.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:48Strong's last: Daniel 6:7
Open full H5460 profile →ἡγεμών
hēgemṓn · hayg-em-ohn'
2 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 10:18Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:14
Open full G2232 profile →אַלּוּף
ʼallûwph · al-loof'
2 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 12:5Strong's last: Zechariah 12:6
Open full H441 profile →חָקַק
châqaq · khaw-kak'
2 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 5:9Strong's last: Judges 5:14
Open full H2710 profile →שַׂר
sar · sar
2 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 Chronicles 24:5Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 24:5
Open full H8269 profile →οἰκονόμος
oikonómos · oy-kon-om'-os
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a house-distributor (i.e. manager), or overseer, i.e. an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel)
Strong's KJV usage: :--chamberlain, governor, steward.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Galatians 4:2Strong's last: Galatians 4:2
Open full G3623 profile →מָשַׁל
mâshal · maw-shal'
1 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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 23:20Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 23:20
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H2710
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
H2710
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
H6346
Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
H8269
Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
H8269
Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
H6346
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
H4910
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
H6346
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
H6346
Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
H6346
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
H6346
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
H6346
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
H5460
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
H5460
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
H5460
Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
H5460
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
H5460
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
H441
And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
H441
In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
G2232
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
G3623
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
G2232
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
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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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