What Does “Procurator” Mean in the Bible?
Office or title
The governor Rome placed over Judea. Pontius Pilate was procurator when Jesus was tried.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 3:1; Matthew 27:2
What the Bible says
Luke 3:1
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea, and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina;
Matthew 27:2
And they brought him bound, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “procurador”; Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “Pontius Pilate”