“Governor” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(director). Often captain, chief, or civic official; but generally the political officer in charge of a province (Gen. 42:6; 1 Kings 10:15; Ezra 8:36; Neh. 2:9; Matt. 27:2).
“Prince” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(first). In Bible sense, patriarch, head of a family or chief of a tribe; governor or magistrate (1 Kings 20:14); satrap or ruler (Dan. 6:1).
“Governor” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
There are ten Hebrew words thus translated, signifying any ruler, captain, viceroy, etc., that was set over the people. The term is also so used in the New Testament except the following:
1. ἐθνάρχης, “governor of a nation,” an ethnarch, as the ruler of Damascus was called (2 Cor. 11:32).
2. ἐύθύνων, “one who directs, guides,” used of the “steersman of a ship” (James 3:4).
3. ἡγεμών, the procurator of Judaea (Matt. 27:2; Luke 20:20, &c).
4. οἱκονόμος, “manager of a house, steward” (Gal. 4:2).
“Prince, Princess” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
There are sixteen different Hebrew words so translated. The principal are
1. nasi, “one raised up”; this is translated also “ruler, governor, captain, and chief.” It is applied to “the princes of the congregation”: these would be the heads of families in the various tribes (Josh. 9:15-21).
2. sar, “to bear rule,” hence applied to the head men in the tribes, “chief of the fathers”; and to the satraps in the Persian empire (Esther 1:3-21). In Daniel these same are called achashdarpenayya, “chief governors” (Dan. 3:2-3, 27; Dan. 6:1-7).
Princess is sarah (1 Kings 11:3; Lam. 1:1). The word sar is also employed for the Prince of peace in Isaiah 9:6, and for Michael the archangel, and for the prince of Persia who opposed him, and for the prince of Grecia (Dan. 10:13-21).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Meaning:
from 2233; a leader, i.e. chief person (or figuratively, place) of a province
KJV Usage:
governor, prince, ruler