(1.) Meaning an ethnarch (2 Corinthians 11:32), which was an office
distinct from military command, with considerable latitude of application.
(2.) The procurator of Judea under the Romans (Matthew 27:2). (Comp.
Luke 2:2, where the verb from which the Greek word so rendered is
derived is used.)
(3.) Steward (Galatians 4:2).
(4.) Governor of the feast (John 2:9), who appears here to have been
merely an intimate friend of the bridegroom, and to have presided at the
marriage banquet in his stead.
(5.) A director, i.e., helmsman; Lat. gubernator, (James 3:4).
- GOZAN a region in Central Asia to which the Israelites were carried
away captive (2 Kings 17:6; 1 Chronicles 5:26; 2 Kings 19:12; Isaiah
37:12). It was situated in Mesopotamia, on the river Habor (2 Kings 17:6;
18:11), the Khabur, a tributary of the Euphrates. The “river of Gozan” (1
Chronicles 5:26) is probably the upper part of the river flowing through
the province of Gozan, now Kizzel-Ozan. - GRACE (1.) Of form or person (Proverbs 1:9; 3:22; Psalm 45:2). (2.)
Favour, kindness, friendship (Genesis 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 2 Timothy 1:9).
(3.) God’s forgiving mercy (Romans 11:6; Ephesians 2:5). (4.) The gospel
as distinguished from the law (John 1:17; Romans 6:14; 1 Peter 5:12). (5.)
Gifts freely bestowed by God; as miracles, prophecy, tongues (Romans
15:15; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Ephesians 3:8). (6.) Christian virtues (2
Corinthians 8:7; 2 Peter 3:18). (7.) The glory hereafter to be revealed (1
Peter 1:13). - GRACE, MEANS OF an expression not used in Scripture, but employed
(1) to denote those institutions ordained by God to be the ordinary
channels of grace to the souls of men. These are the Word, Sacraments, and
Prayer.
(2.) But in popular language the expression is used in a wider sense to
denote those exercises in which we engage for the purpose of obtaining
spiritual blessing; as hearing the gospel, reading the Word, meditation,
self-examination, Christian conversation, etc.