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stands in our version as a translation of two Heb. and one Greek term.
1. This rendering occurs in 1Ki_22:47, of the ðַöָּá , nitstsab' (literally set over), or praefect, apparently constituted a sheik by common consent of the Edomitish clans prior to royalty. See DUKE. It is also spoken of the “officers” or chiefs of the commissariat appointed by Solomon (1Ki_4:5, etc.) SEE PURVEYOR.
2. The same rendering occurs in Est_8:9; Est_9:3, of the ôֶּçָä , pechah' (pehhah, a Sanscrit term, whence the modern pasha), or Persian prosfect on this side the Euphrates; applied also to the “governors” of inferior rank in the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Median empires, and even to the governor of Jerusalem. SEE GOVERNOR.
3. Proconsul ( ἀíèýðáôïò ) was the proper title of the governor of a Roman province when appointed by the senate. SEE PROVINCE. Several such are mentioned in the Acts, viz. Sergius Paulus in Cyprus (8:7, 8, 12), Gallio in Achaia (18:12), and the chief officer of Achaia, whose court is indefinitely referred to in ch. 19:38, by the use of the plural (see Smith's Dict. of Class. Antiq. s.v. Proconsul). SEE PROCONSUL.