Words the Bible translates as governor
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hēgemōnἡγεμώνa governing leader set over a region; in the New Testament chiefly the Roman provincial governor
- nagidנָגִידa leader: the one placed out front and at the head of others, with the authority to direct them
- peḥahפֶּחָהa governor: an official a king or empire appoints to administer a province or command a region on the ruler's behalf
- netsivנְצִיבa garrison: armed men planted in a place to hold it for the ruler who put them there
+2 more meanings
- a royal deputy: a man the king has set over a district to answer for it
- a pillar: something left standing fixed in one place
- peḥahפֶּחָהa governor: the official an empire appoints to run a province or region on the king's behalf
- shallitשַׁלִּיטin authority: holding the power to decide, whether over a kingdom, in an office, or in a single action that is allowed.
- tirshataתִּרְשָׁתָאgovernornot studied yet
- ethnarchēsἐθνάρχηςgovernornot studied yet
- shiltonשִׁלְטוֹןgovernornot studied yet
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