Deputy
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Deputy in the Bible Dictionary
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An officer who administers the functions of a superior in his absence
1 Kgs 22:47; Acts 13:7, 8; 18:12; 19:38
47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
1 Kings 22:477 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
Acts 13:78 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Acts 13:812 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
Acts 18:1238 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
Acts 19:38
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
