Çâgân — H5461

H5461 · Hebrew — סגן

Pronunciation: saw-gawn'

Definition

masculine noun

a prefect of a province

  1. ruler, prefect, governor, a subordinate ruler
    1. prefects (of Assyria and Babylon)
    2. petty rulers or officials

Usually translated as

prince, ruler

Origin

from an unused root meaning to superintend

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Çâgân occurs 17 times in 16 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (8), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (3)

Strong's Lexicon — C