Governor
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Governor (78 Occurrences)
... (8.) Pehah, whence pasha, ie, friend of the king; adjutant; governor of a province
(2 Kings 18:24; Isaiah 36:9; Jeremiah 51: 57; Ezek. 23:6, 23; Dan. ...GOVERNOR. ...
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Governor's (6 Occurrences)
...Governor's (6 Occurrences). ... Matthew 27:27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus
into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him. ...
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Johanan (31 Occurrences)
... (3.) Son of Careah, one of the Jewish chiefs who rallied round Gedaliah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar had made governor in Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8). He ...
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Tattenai (4 Occurrences)
... tat'-e-ni (tattenay, various forms in the Septuagint; the King James Version Tatnai,
tat'ni, tat'na-i'): A Persian governor, who was the successor of Rehum in ...
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Tatnai (4 Occurrences)
... Gift, a Persian governor (Hebrews pehah, ie, "satrap;" modern "pasha") "on this
side the river", ie, of the whole tract on the west of the Euphrates. ...
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Tirshatha (5 Occurrences)
... denoting a high civil dignity. The Persian governor of Judea is so called
(Ezra 2:63; Nehemiah 7:65, 70). Nehemiah is called by ...
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Deputy (7 Occurrences)
... In Esther 8:9; 9:3 (RV, "governor") it denotes a Persian prefect "on this side"
ie, in the region west of the Euphrates. It is the modern word pasha. ...
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Pashur (12 Occurrences)
... Release. (1.) The son of Immer (probably the same as Amariah, Nehemiah 10:3;
12:2), the head of one of the priestly courses, was "chief governor [Hebrews paqid ...
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Apollonius
... his narrative of the year 148 BC to give an account of the different persons who
bore this name (1) Son of Thrasaeus (2 Maccabees 3:5) who was governor of Coele ...
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Praetorium (8 Occurrences)
... The Greek word (praitorion) thus rendered in Mark 15:16 is rendered "common hall"
(Matthew 27:27, marg., "governor's house"), "judgment hall," (John 18:28, 33 ...
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Shebna (9 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Tender youth, "treasurer" over the house in the reign
of Hezekiah, ie, comptroller or governor of the palace. ...
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Ahikam (20 Occurrences)
... He was the son of Shaphan, the royal secretary, and the father of Gedaliah, governor
of Judea after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians (2 Kings 25 ...
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Nicanor (1 Occurrence)
... He appealed again to Demetrius, who this time selected Nicanor, now governor of
Cyprus (2 Maccabees 12:2) and known for his deadly hatred of the Jews, to ...
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Tat'tenai (4 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: 'Who gave ...
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Trans-euphrates (12 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Colleagues (8 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Cyrenius (1 Occurrence)
... Recent historical investigation has proved that Quirinus was governor of Cilicia,
which was annexed to Syria at the time of our Lord's birth. ...
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Associates (26 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Sheshbazzar (4 Occurrences)
... name, there would be little doubt that Sheshbazzar may have been the same person
as Zerubbabel, since the former is called in Ezra 5:14 the governor of Judah ...
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Shetharboznai (4 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 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 ...
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Shethar-boznai (4 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At that time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and
Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus to them: Who gave you ...
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Sanabassarus
... in 1 Esdras 2:15(14), but Sabanassaro, in 1 Esdras 6:18 (17) (Revised Version margin)
and Sanabassaros, in 1 Esdras 6:20 (19)): He was "governor of Judea ...
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Shethar-bozenai (4 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who gave ...
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She'thar-boz'enai (4 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: 'Who gave ...
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Sanballat (10 Occurrences)
... Papyrus und Ostraka, Leipzig, 1911; compare Staerk's convenient edition in Lietzmanns
Kleine Texte, Number 32, 1908) as having been the governor (pachath) of ...
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Shetharbozenai (4 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Sanabassar
... in 1 Esdras 2:15(14), but Sabanassaro, in 1 Esdras 6:18 (17) (Revised Version margin)
and Sanabassaros, in 1 Esdras 6:20 (19)): He was "governor of Judea ...
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Nehemiah (9 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah explained it all to the king, and obtained his permission to go up to
Jerusalem and there to act as tirshatha, or governor of Judea. ...
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Allowance (11 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in
the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year ...
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Zerubbabel (25 Occurrences)
... It seems more probable, however, that Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah, was governor
under Cyrus and that Zerubbabel was governor under Darius. ...
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Gedaliah (31 Occurrences)
... 1. His Appointment as Governor in Judah: After the destruction of Jerusalem and
the carrying away captive of the Jews to Babylon (586 BC), Gedaliah was ...
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Shaphan (26 Occurrences)
... the priest (8-14). His grandson Gedaliah was governor of Judea (25:22). Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SHAPHAN. sha'-fan (shaphan ...
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Ruler (329 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or
authority; a governor. 2. (n.) A straight or curved strip ...
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Amon (20 Occurrences)
... Builder. (1.) The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micaiah was
committed to his custody (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chronicles 18:25). ...
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Zebul (5 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Habitation, the governor of Shechem under Abimelech
(Judges 9:28, 30, 36). He informed his master of the ...
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Nehemias
... Neither Nehemias nor Attharias is found in the parallel Ezra 2:63 Nehemiah 7:65,
but ha-tirshatha' equals Tirshatha, "the governor," by whom Zerubbabel must be ...
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Jehozadak (8 Occurrences)
... king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came
by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah ...
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Crates
... kra'-tez (Krates), governor of the Cyprians, left as deputy of Sostratus when the
latter, who was governor of Jerusalem, was summoned to Antioch by Antiochus ...
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Agrippa (12 Occurrences)
... The Roman emperor Caligula made him governor first of the territories of Philip,
then of the tetrarchy of Lysanias, with the title of king ("king Herod"), and ...
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Shealtiel (12 Occurrences)
... king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came
by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah ...
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Zerub'babel (23 Occurrences)
... Haggai 1:14 And Jehovah doth stir up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest ...
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Maaseiah (25 Occurrences)
... (4.) One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chronicles 34:8). He
was governor (Hebrews sar, rendered elsewhere in the Authorized Version ...
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Companions (58 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Darius (26 Occurrences)
... Some are of opinion that the name "Darius" is simply a name of office, equivalent
to "governor," and that the "Gobryas" of the inscriptions was the person ...
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Gezer (14 Occurrences)
... by his further discovery of three bilingual inscriptions, in Hebrew and Greek, cut
on surfaces of rock by a certain Alkios, apparently once the governor of the ...
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Ezranehemiah
... Inasmuch as the Sachau papyri, written in the 17th year of Darius Nothus, that is,
in 410-408 BC, mention the sons of Sanballat the governor of Samaria, the ...
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Ezra-nehemiah
... Inasmuch as the Sachau papyri, written in the 17th year of Darius Nothus, that is,
in 410-408 BC, mention the sons of Sanballat the governor of Samaria, the ...
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Governors (43 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and
Shethar-bozenai, and his companions the Apharesachites, who were beyond the ...
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Paphos (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The capital of the island of Cyprus, and therefore
the residence of the Roman governor. It was visited ...
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Captain (167 Occurrences)
... 19). Rendered "chief," Genesis 40:2; 41:9; rendered also "prince," Dan.
1:7; "ruler," Judges 9:30; "governor,' 1 Kings 22:26. This ...
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Nethaniah (20 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 25:23 Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard
that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to ...
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Judgment (430 Occurrences)
... Mark 15:16 the word is rendered "Praetorium" (qv), which is a Latin word, meaning
literally the residence of the praetor, and then the governor's residence in ...
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Province (66 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor,
a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. ...
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Yes (511 Occurrences)
... He says to him, Yes. (BBE NIV). Matthew 27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor:
and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? ...
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Questioned (57 Occurrences)
... Matthew 27:11 But Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor questioned him,
saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, Thou sayest. ...
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Kareah (14 Occurrences)
... Bald, the father of Johanan and Jonathan, who for a time were loyal to Gedaliah,
the Babylonian governor of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 40:8, 13, 15, 16). Int. ...
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Nebuchadnez'zar (55 Occurrences)
... were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even
over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor. ...
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Onias
... Being unable to get the better of Onias and thirsting for revenge, Simon went to
Apollonius, governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, and informed him of the ...
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Jaazaniah (5 Occurrences)
... 1) In 2 Kings 25:23, "son of the Maacathite," and one of the Judean "captains of
the forces" who joined Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor appointed by ...
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Jews (287 Occurrences)
... Matthew 27:11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying,
"Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say." (WEB ...
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Josedech (5 Occurrences)
... Haggai 1:14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high ...
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Jurisdiction (4 Occurrences)
... sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something
he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor...
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Governorship (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The office of a governor. Multi-Version
Concordance Governorship (1 Occurrence). Luke 2:2 It was the ...
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Garrison (15 Occurrences)
... Garrison (15 Occurrences). Matthew 27:27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus
into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him. ...
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Gedali'ah (28 Occurrences)
... were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even
over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor. ...
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Gebal (3 Occurrences)
... of Amenhotep IV (Ikhnaton), the Hittites and Amorites from the North and Khabiri
from the South attacked the territory of Gebal, and its governor wrote letters ...
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Ituraea (1 Occurrence)
... sea. Josephus speaks of Soemus as a tetrarch in Lebanon (Vita, 11); while
Tacitus calls him governor of the Itureans (Ann. xii.23). ...
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Festus (14 Occurrences)
... fes'-tus, por'-shi-us Porkios Phestos): The Roman governor or procurator who succeeded
Felix in the province of Judea (Acts 24:27), and was thus brought into ...
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Thirtieth (9 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in
the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year ...
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Tetrarch (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate
or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign. 2. (a.) Four. Int. ...
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Tertullus (2 Occurrences)
... third"):, An orator who descended with Ananias the high priest and elders from
Jerusalem to Caesarea to accuse Paul before Felix the Roman governor (Acts 24:1 ...
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Release (61 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV). Matthew 27:15 Now at the feast the governor was
accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired. ...
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Rezeph (2 Occurrences)
... 804 to 775 BC, Sin-sallimanni in 747, and Bel-emuranni in 737 BC Judging from their
names, all these were Assyrians, but a seemingly native governor, Abda'u ...
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Rebuild (36 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Elect (32 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop
elect; governor or mayor elect. 4. (n.) One chosen or set apart. ...
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Ekron (20 Occurrences)
... its consternation at the fall of Tyre (9:5, 7). From the Assyrian records we learn
that it revolted against Sennacherib and expelled Padi, the governor he had ...
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Ekronite (1 Occurrence)
... its consternation at the fall of Tyre (9:5, 7). From the Assyrian records we learn
that it revolted against Sennacherib and expelled Padi, the governor he had ...
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Exceedingly (167 Occurrences)
... Matthew 27:14 And he answered him not so much as one word, so that the governor
wondered exceedingly. (DBY). Matthew 27:23 But the governor said, "Why? ...
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Mizpeh (24 Occurrences)
... had used to fortify Ramah (1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:6). When Nebuchadnezzar
captured Jerusalem and made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, governor of the ...
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