Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Governor’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Governor’ occurs 54 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 41:43 And he caused him to ascend upon his second swift chariot, with the herald proclaiming that everyone should bend their knee before him, and that they should know that he was governor over the entire land of Egypt.Genesis 41:43
Genesis 42:6 And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and grain was sold under his direction to the people. And when his brothers had reverenced himGenesis 42:6
Genesis 45:8 I was sent here, not by your counsel, but by the will of God. He has caused me to be like a father to Pharaoh, and to be the lord of his entire house, as well as governor throughout all the land of Egypt.Genesis 45:8
Number of the word / term Governor in Genesis: 3
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 28:7 In the same time, Zichri, a powerful man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the son of the king, and Azrikam, the governor of his house, and also Elkanah, who was second to the king.2 Chronicles 28:7
Number of the word / term Governor in 2 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 5:3 Then, at the same time, Tattenai, who was the governor beyond the river, and Shetharbozenai, and their counselors came to them. And they spoke in this way to them: “Who has given you counsel, so that you would build this house and repair its walls?”Ezra 5:3
Ezra 5:6 A copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the river, and Shetharbozenai, and his counselors, the rulers who were beyond the river, sent to Darius the king.Ezra 5:6
Ezra 5:14 And now the vessels of gold and silver from the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem, and which he had carried away to the temple of Babylon, king Cyrus brought out of the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one called Sheshbazzar, whom he also appointed as governor.Ezra 5:14
Ezra 6:6 Now therefore, let Tattenai, the governor of the region which is beyond the river, Shetharbozenai, and your counselors, the rulers who are beyond the river, withdraw far away from them,Ezra 6:6
Ezra 6:7 and let this temple of God be released to the governor of the Jews and to their elders, so that they may build that house of God in its place.Ezra 6:7
Ezra 6:13 Therefore, Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the river, and Shetharbozenai, and his counselors, in accord with what king Darius had instructed, diligently executed the same.Ezra 6:13
Ezra 8:36 Then they gave the edicts of the king to the rulers who served in the sight of the king, and to the governors beyond the river, and they exalted the people and the house of God.Ezra 8:36
Number of the word / term Governor in Ezra: 7
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 2:7 And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, may he give me letters to the governors of the region beyond the river, so that they may lead me through, until I arrive in Judea,Nehemiah 2:7
Nehemiah 2:9 And I went to the governors of the region beyond the river, and I gave them the letters of the king. Now the king had sent with me military leaders and horsemen.Nehemiah 2:9
Nehemiah 3:7 And beside them, Melatiah, a Gibeonite, and Jadon, a Meronothite, men from Gibeon and Mizpah, built, on behalf of the governor who was in the region across the river.Nehemiah 3:7
Nehemiah 5:14 Now from that day, on which the king had ordered me to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of king Artaxerxes, for twelve years, I and my brothers did not eat the yearly allowance that was owed to the governors.Nehemiah 5:14
Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors, the ones who had been before me, were a burden to the people, and they took from them bread and wine, and forty shekels of money each day. And their officials also oppressed the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.Nehemiah 5:15
Nehemiah 5:18 Now there was prepared for me, on each day, one ox and six choice rams, along with poultry. And once every ten days, I distributed diverse wines and many other things. Yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor. For the people were greatly impoverished.Nehemiah 5:18
Nehemiah 12:26 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 and scribe.Nehemiah 12:26
Number of the word / term Governor in Nehemiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Esther
Esther 3:12 And the scribes of the king were summoned, in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month. And it was written, as Haman had commanded, to all the king’s governors, and to the judges of the provinces, and to various peoples, so that each people could read and hear according to their various languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes. And the letters were sealed with his ring.Esther 3:12
Esther 8:9 Then the scribes and copyists were brought in, (now it was the time of the third month which is called Sivan,) on the twenty-third day of the month, and letters were written, as Mordecai wanted, to the Jews, and to the governors, and procurators, and judges, who presided over the one hundred twenty-seven provinces, from India all the way to Ethiopia: to one province and another, to one people and another, in accordance with their languages and letters, and to the Jews, exactly as they were able to read and hear.Esther 8:9
Number of the word / term Governor in Esther: 2
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 68:27 In that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.Psalm 68:27
Number of the word / term Governor in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 11:14 Where there is no governor, the people shall fall. But where there is much counsel, well-being shall be.Proverbs 11:14
Number of the word / term Governor in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 2:8 I amassed for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings and governors. I chose men and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, bowls and pitchers for the purpose of pouring wine.Ecclesiastes 2:8
Number of the word / term Governor in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 40:5 And you may decline to come with me. For you may live with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah. Therefore, you may live with him in the midst of the people. And you may go wherever it will please you to go.” And the leader of the military also gave him foods and gifts, and he released him.Jeremiah 40:5
Jeremiah 40:7 And when all the leaders of the army, who had been dispersed throughout the regions, they and their associates, had heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, governor of the land, and that he had committed to him the men, and women, and children, and the poor of the land, who had not been carried away to Babylon,Jeremiah 40:7
Jeremiah 40:11 So then, all the Jews, who were in Moab, and among the sons of Ammon, and in Idumea, and in all the regions, when they had heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judea, and that he had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over them,Jeremiah 40:11
Jeremiah 41:2 Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, rose up, and the ten men who were with him, and they struck down Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, and they killed him whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.Jeremiah 41:2
Jeremiah 41:18 away from the face of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had struck down Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor in the land of Judah.Jeremiah 41:18
Number of the word / term Governor in Jeremiah: 5
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 3:2 Then king Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather together the governors, magistrates and judges, generals and sovereigns and commanders, and all the leaders of the regions, to come together for the dedication of the statue, which king Nebuchadnezzar had raised.Daniel 3:2
Daniel 3:3 Then the governors, magistrates and judges, generals and sovereigns and nobles, who were appointed to power, and all the leaders of the regions were brought together so as to convene for the dedication of the statue, which king Nebuchadnezzar had raised. And so they stood before the statue that king Nebuchadnezzar had set up.Daniel 3:3
Daniel 3:27 And when the governors, and the magistrates, and the judges, and the powerful of the king had gathered together, they considered these men because the fire had no power against their bodies, and not a hair of their head had been scorched, and their pants had not been affected, and the smell of the fire had not passed onto them.Daniel 3:27
Daniel 6:1 It pleased Darius, and so he appointed over the kingdom one hundred twenty governors, to be placed throughout his whole kingdom.Daniel 6:1
Daniel 6:2 And over these, three leaders, of whom Daniel was one, so that the governors would be accountable to them and the king would have no trouble.Daniel 6:2
Daniel 6:3 And so Daniel excelled above all the leaders and governors, because a greater spirit of God was in him.Daniel 6:3
Daniel 6:4 Furthermore, the king considered setting him over the entire kingdom; whereupon the leaders and the governors sought to find a complaint against Daniel and in favor of the king. And they could find no case, or even suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault or suspicion was found in him.Daniel 6:4
Daniel 6:6 Then the leaders and governors took the king aside privately and spoke to him in this way: “King Darius, live forever.Daniel 6:6
Daniel 6:7 All the leaders of your kingdom, the magistrates and governors, the senators and judges, have taken counsel that an imperial decree and edict should be published, so that all who ask any petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, will be cast into the den of lions.Daniel 6:7
Number of the word / term Governor in Daniel: 9
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Haggai
Haggai 1:1 In the second year of king Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came, by the hand of Haggai the prophet, to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jesus the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying:Haggai 1:1
Haggai 1:14 And the Lord stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the remainder of all the people. And they entered and performed work in the house of the Lord of hosts their God,Haggai 1:14
Haggai 2:2 Speak to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Jesus the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remainder of the people, saying:Haggai 2:2
Haggai 2:21 Speak to Zerubbabel the governor of Judah, saying: I will move both heaven and earth.Haggai 2:21
Number of the word / term Governor in Haggai: 4
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 9:7 And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth, and yet he will be left for our God, and he will be like a governor in Judah, and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.Zechariah 9:7
Zechariah 12:5 And the governors of Judah will say in their heart, “Let the inhabitants of Jerusalem be strengthened for me, in the Lord of hosts, their God.”Zechariah 12:5
Zechariah 12:6 In that day, I will set the governors of Judah like a flaming furnace among wood, and like a flaming torch among hay. And they will devour, to the right and to the left, all the surrounding peoples. And Jerusalem will be inhabited again, in her own place, in Jerusalem.Zechariah 12:6
Number of the word / term Governor in Zechariah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Mark
Mark 13:9 But see to yourselves. For they will hand you over to councils, and in the synagogues you will be beaten, and you shall stand before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony for them.Mark 13:9
Number of the word / term Governor in Mark: 1
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Luke
Luke 21:12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and into custody, dragging you before kings and governors, because of my name.Luke 21:12
Number of the word / term Governor in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book Acts
Acts 7:10 And he rescued him from all his tribulations. And he gave him grace and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And he appointed him as governor over Egypt and over all his house.Acts 7:10
Acts 23:24 And prepare beasts of burden to carry Paul, so that they may lead him safely to Felix, the governor.”Acts 23:24
Acts 23:26 “Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor, Felix: greetings.Acts 23:26
Acts 23:33 And when they had arrived at Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul before him.Acts 23:33
Acts 24:1 Then, after five days, the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and a certain Tertullus, a speaker. And they went to the governor against Paul.Acts 24:1
Acts 24:10 Then, since the governor had motioned for him to speak, Paul responded: “Knowing that you have been the judge over this nation for many years, I will give an explanation of myself with an honest soul.Acts 24:10
Acts 26:30 And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them.Acts 26:30
Number of the word / term Governor in Acts: 7
Bible passages with ‘Governor’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 11:32 At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, watched over the city of the Damascenes, so as to apprehend me.2 Corinthians 11:32
Number of the word / term ‘Governor’ in 2 Corinthians: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 54
