Governor
תִּרְשָׁתָאStrong’s H8660tirshata (tir-sha-ta)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tirshata is the Hebrew word usually translated “governor”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.”
Meaning
- Tirshatha-governora title used by the Persian governor in Judea
How it's translated
- the governor 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 4
- Ezra 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 7:65And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
- Nehemiah 7:70And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
- Nehemiah 8:9And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
- Nehemiah 10:1Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
Hebrew dictionary
תִּרְשָׁתָא tirshata · governor
1) Tirshatha-governor 1a) a title used by the Persian governor in Judea 1a1) Nehemiah used this title
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.