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Prince

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: P

By: James P. Boyd

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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(first). In Bible sense, patriarch, head of a family or chief of a tribe; governor or magistrate (1 Kings 20:14¹⁴And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. (1 Kings 20:14)); satrap or ruler (Dan. 6:1¹It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; (Daniel 6:1)).

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