Governor
שִׁלְטוֹןStrong’s H7984shilton (shil-ton)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shilton is the Aramaic word usually translated “authorities of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.”
Meaning
- Governor, ruler, official
How it's translated
- authorities of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 2
1 book in all.
Aramaic dictionary
שִׁלְטוֹן shilton · governor
governor, ruler, official
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “governor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOV'ERNOR, noun
He that governs, rules or directs; one invested with supreme authority. The Creator is the rightful governor of all his creatures.
- One who is invested with supreme authority to administer or enforce the laws; the supreme executive magistrate of a state, commmunity, corporation or post.
- A tutor; one who has the care of a young man; one who instructs him and forms his manners.
- A pilot; one who steers a ship. James 3:4
- One possessing delegated authority.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.