Prefect
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Prefect (2 Occurrences)

Acts 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the praetorian prefect, but Paul was allowed to remain by himself with the soldier who kept him. (DBY)

Daniel 2:48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon. (See JPS NAS RSV)

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Prefect (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge,
department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp ...
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Praetorian (2 Occurrences)
... Over this court there presided the emperor or his delegate, the prefect of the
praetorian guard, and associated with him were twenty assessors selected from ...
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Deputy (7 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary In 1 Kings 22:47, means a prefect; one set over
others. The same Hebrew word is rendered "officer;" ie ...
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Procurator
... administrative functions. Military service as prefect or tribune was the
preliminary step in the official equestrian career. The ...
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Prefects (18 Occurrences)

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Roman (26 Occurrences)
... It has commonly been held that the expression stratopedarches was equivalent to
praetorian prefect (praefectus praetorius), and that the employment of the word ...
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Guard (185 Occurrences)
... Over this court there presided the emperor or his delegate, the prefect of the
praetorian guard, and associated with him were twenty assessors selected from ...
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Officer (70 Occurrences)
... eunuch," "minister of state" (Genesis 37:36); paqidh, "person in charge," "overseer"
(Genesis 41:34); necibh, "stationed," "garrison," "prefect" (1 Kings 4:19 ...
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Garrison (15 Occurrences)
... (2.) Hebrews netsib, a prefect, superintendent; hence a military post (1 Samuel
10:5; 13:3, 4; 2 Samuel 8:6). This word has also been explained to denote a ...
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Rezeph (2 Occurrences)
... 3. Its Assyrian Governors: From the Eponym Canons, Ninip-kibsi-ucur was, it appears,
prefect in 839 BC, Uras-eres from 804 to 775 BC, Sin-sallimanni in 747 ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person.

2. (n.) A superintendent of a department who has control of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation.

3. (n.) In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.

Strong's Hebrew
5461. sagan -- a prefect, ruler
... << 5460, 5461. sagan. 5462 >>. a prefect, ruler. Transliteration: sagan Phonetic
Spelling: (saw-gawn') Short Definition: officials. Word ...
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5460. segan -- a prefect
... << 5459, 5460. segan. 5461 >>. a prefect. Transliteration: segan Phonetic
Spelling: (seg-an') Short Definition: prefects. Word Origin ...
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5333. netsib -- a pillar, prefect, garrison, post
... netsib or netsib. 5334 >>. a pillar, prefect, garrison, post. Transliteration: netsib
or netsib Phonetic Spelling: (nets-eeb') Short Definition: garrisons. ...
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8674. Tattenay -- Tattenay
... Tattenai. Word Origin (Aramaic) of foreign origin Definition a Pers. prefect
NASB Word Usage Tattenai (4). Tattenai, a Persian. Of ...
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6346. pechah -- a governor
... captain, deputy, governor. Of foreign origin; a prefect (of a city or small district) --
captain, deputy, governor. << 6345, 6346. pechah. 6347 >>. ...
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