the rendering (Isaiah 60:17) of נֹגֵשׁ, noges', driver (task-master, Exodus 3:7; Job 3:18; Isaiah 9:3; or simply driver of animals, Job 39:7); hence exactor of a debt (or tribute, Daniel 11:20; Zechariah 9:8); hence (in accordance with Oriental ideas and customs) a ruler, king, tyrant (Isaiah 3:12; Isaiah 24:2; Zechariah 10:4): as the parallel term "prince" in the above passage of Isaiah shows to be, there the meaning.