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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #758 - ἄρχων

Transliteration

árchōn

Phonetics

ar'-khone

Origin

present participle of (G757)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

1:488,81

Definition

Thayer's

a ruler, commander, chief, leader

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 113 ‑ אָדֹן (aw‑done', aw‑done'); 410 ‑ אֵל (ale); 582 ‑ אֱנוֹשׁ (en‑oshe'); 1167 ‑ בַּעַל (bah'‑al); 2356 ‑ חוֹר (khore, khore); 2710 ‑ חָקַק (khaw‑kak'); 3256 ‑ יָסַר (yaw‑sar'); 3489 ‑ יָתֵד (yaw‑thade'); 3816 ‑ לְאוֹם (leh‑ome', leh‑ome'); 3887 ‑ לִיץ (loots); 4428 ‑ מֶלֶךְ (meh'‑lek); 4911 ‑ מָשַׁל (maw‑shal'); 5057 ‑ נַגִד (naw‑gheed', naw‑gheed'); 5081 ‑ נָדִיב (naw‑deeb'); 5257 ‑ נָסִיךְ (nes‑eek'); 5387 ‑ נָשִׁא (naw‑see', naw‑see'); 5461 ‑ סָגָן (saw‑gawn'); 5633 ‑ סֶרֶן (seh'‑ren); 5650 ‑ עֶבֶד (eh'‑bed); 6260 ‑ עַתֻּד (at‑tood', at‑tood'); 6346 ‑ פֶּחָה (peh‑khaw'); 6486 ‑ פְּקֻדָּה (pek‑ood‑daw'); 6545 ‑ פֶּרַע (peh'‑rah); 6744 ‑ צְלַח (tsel‑akh'); 6936 ‑ קָדְקֹד (kod‑kode'); 7101 ‑ קָצִין (kaw‑tseen'); 7218 ‑ רֹאשׁ (roshe); 7227 ‑ רַב (rab); 7287 ‑ רָדָה (raw‑daw'); 7336 ‑ רָזַן (raw‑zan'); 7626 ‑ שֵׁבֶט (shay'‑bet); 7891 ‑ שׁוּר (sheer, shoor); 7984 ‑ שִׁלְטֹן (shil‑tone', shil‑tone'); 8269 ‑ שַׂר (sar);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (37)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Revelation

NAS (37)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Revelation

HCS (37)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Revelation

BSB (37)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Revelation

ESV (36)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Revelation

WEB (37)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Revelation

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄρχων, οντος, ὁ,

(part. of ἄρχω)

I ruler, commander, νεός Hdt. 5.33: abs., A. Th. 674, S. Aj. 668, etc.; chief, king, Ἀσίας A. Pers. 73; ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, of Satan, John 16:11, al.

II as official title,

1. chief magistrate, esp. at Athens, Th. 1.126, etc.; οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες IG 2.163; οἱ ἄ., at Sparta, the authorities, Hdt. 6.106: sg., ὁ ἄρχων the eponymous magistrate of the year, IG 1.52, al., Arist. Ath. 3.3, etc.; so in Boeotia, at Delphi, Delos, and elsewhere, IG 7.2407, SIG 295.18, IG 2.814, etc.; = Lat. consul, Plb. 1.39.1.

2. governor of a dependency or province, e.g. in the Athenian Empire, IG 1.62b19, etc.; of a Roman governor, OGI 441.59; = praefectus, Plb. 6.26.5.

3. generally, magistrate, official, Aeschin. 3.29, etc.; opp. ἰδιώτης, SIG 672.16 (Delph.); ruler of a synagogue, Matthew 9:18; president of a club, PLond. 3.1178.6 (ii A. D.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἄρχων , -οντος , ὁ

(pres. ptcp. of ἄρχω ),

[in LXX for H5387., H7218, H8269, etc.;]

a ruler, chief: Jesus, Revelation 1:5; rulers of nations, Matthew 20:25, Acts 4:26; Acts 7:35; magistrates, Acts 23:5, Romans 13:3; judges, Luke 12:58, Acts 7:27; Acts 7:35; Acts 16:19; members of the Sanhedrin, Luke 14:1; Luke 23:13; Luke 23:35; Luke 24:20, John 3:1; John 7:26; John 7:48; John 12:42, Acts 3:17; Acts 4:5; Acts 4:8; Acts 13:27; Acts 14:5; rulers of synagogues, Matthew 9:18; Matthew 9:23, Luke 8:41; Luke 18:18; οἱ ἄ . τ . αἰῶνος τούτου , 1 Corinthians 2:6-8; of the devil: ἄ . τῶν δαιμονίων , Matthew 9:34; Matthew 12:24, Mark 3:22, Luke 11:15; ὁ ἄ . τοῦ κόσμου , John 12:31; John 14:30; John 16:11; ἄ . τ . ἐξουσίας τ . ἀέρος , Ephesians 2:2 (MM, s.v.; DB, iii, 838; Ext., 99 f; DCG, ii, 419; DCG, s.v. Archon).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

αρχοντα άρχοντα ἄρχοντα αρχοντας αρχοντάς άρχοντας ἄρχοντας αρχοντες άρχοντες άρχοντές ἄρχοντες αρχοντι άρχοντι ἄρχοντι αρχοντος άρχοντος άρχοντός ἄρχοντος αρχοντων αρχόντων ἀρχόντων άρχουσι αρχουσιν άρχουσιν ἄρχουσιν αρχων άρχων ἄρχων archon archōn árchon árchōn archonta árchonta archontas árchontas archontes árchontes archonti árchonti archonton archontōn archónton archóntōn archontos árchontos archousin árchousin

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