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Lexicon :: Strong's G758 - archōn

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ἄρχων
Transliteration
archōn (Key)
Pronunciation
ar'-khone
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Present participle of ἄρχω (G757)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:488,81

Strong’s Definitions

ἄρχων árchōn, ar'-khone; present participle of G757; a first (in rank or power):—chief (ruler), magistrate, prince, ruler.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's G758 in the following manner: ruler (22x), prince (11x), chief (2x), magistrate (1x), chief ruler (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's G758 in the following manner: ruler (22x), prince (11x), chief (2x), magistrate (1x), chief ruler (1x).

  1. a ruler, commander, chief, leader

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄρχων árchōn, ar'-khone; present participle of G757; a first (in rank or power):—chief (ruler), magistrate, prince, ruler.
STRONGS G758:
ἄρχων, -οντος, ὁ, (present participle of the verb ἄρχω), [from Aeschylus down], a ruler, commander, chief, leader: used of Jesus, ἄρχων τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς, Revelation 1:5; of the rulers of nations, Matthew 20:25; Acts 4:26; Acts 7:35; universally, of magistrates, Romans 13:3; Acts 23:5; especially judges, Luke 12:58; Acts 7:27, 35 (where note the antithesis: whom they refused as ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστήν, him God sent as ἄρχοντα — leader, ruler — καὶ λυτρωτήν); Acts 16:19. οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου those who in the present age (see αἰών, 3) by nobility of birth, learning and wisdom, power and authority, wield the greatest influence, whether among Jews or Gentles, 1 Corinthians 2:6, 8; cf. Neander at the passage, p. 62ff. Of the members of the Jewish Sanhedrin: Luke 23:13, 35; Luke 24:20; John 3:1; John 7:26, 48; John 12:42; Acts 3:17; Acts 4:5, 8; Acts 13:27; Acts 14:5. of the officers presiding over synagogues: Matthew 9:18, 23; Luke 8:41 (ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς, cf. Mark 5:22 ἀρχισυνάγωγος), and perhaps also Luke 18:18; ἄρχων τῶν Φαρισαίων, one who has great influence among the Pharisees, Luke 14:1. of the devil, the prince of evil spirits: (ὁ) ἄρχων τῶν δαιμονίων, Matthew 9:34; Matthew 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; ὁ ἄρχ. τοῦ κόσμου, the ruler of the irreligious mass of mankind, John 12:31; John 14:30; John 16:11 (in rabbinical writings הָעולָם שַׂר; ἄρχ. τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, Ignatius, ad Eph. 19, 1 [ad Magn. 1, 3]; ἄρχων τοῦ καιροῦ τῆς ἀνομίας, the Epistle of Barnabas 18, 2); τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος, Ephesians 2:2 (see ἀήρ). [See Hort in Dict. of Chris. Biog., under the word Archon.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
9:18; 9:23; 9:34; 12:24; 20:25
Mark
3:22; 5:22
Luke
8:41; 11:15; 12:58; 14:1; 18:18; 23:13; 23:35; 24:20
John
3:1; 7:26; 7:48; 12:31; 12:42; 14:30; 16:11
Acts
3:17; 4:5; 4:8; 4:26; 7:27; 7:35; 7:35; 13:27; 14:5; 16:19; 23:5
Romans
13:3
1 Corinthians
2:6; 2:8
Ephesians
2:2
Revelation
1:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G758 matches the Greek ἄρχων (archōn),
which occurs 37 times in 36 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:18 -

While He was saying these things to them, a ruler (synagogue official) entered [the house] and kneeled down and worshiped Him, saying, “My daughter has just now died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:23 -

When Jesus came to the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players [who were professional, hired mourners] and the [grieving] crowd making an uproar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:34 - But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by [the power of] the ruler of demons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:24 - But the Pharisees heard it and said, “This man [fn]casts out demons only by [the help of] Beelzebul (Satan) the prince of the demons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:25 - But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles have absolute power and lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them [tyrannizing them].

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:22 - The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by [fn]Beelzebul (Satan),” and “He is driving out the demons by the [power of the] ruler of the demons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:41 - Now a man named Jairus, a synagogue official, came [to Him]; and he fell at Jesus’ feet and began begging Him to come to his house;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:15 - But some of them said, “He drives out demons by [the power of] [fn]Beelzebul (Satan), the ruler of the demons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - “For while you are going with your opponent [at law] to appear before a magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle, so that he does not drag you before the judge, and the judge does not [rule against you and] turn you over to the officer, and the officer does not throw you into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:1 -

It happened one Sabbath, when He went for a meal at the house of one of the ruling Pharisees, that they were watching Him closely and carefully [hoping to entrap Him].

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:18 -

A certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher [You who are essentially and morally good], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [that is, eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:13 -

Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:35 - Now the people stood by, watching; but even the rulers ridiculed and sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others [from death]; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) of God, His Chosen One.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:20 - and how the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:1 -

Now there was a certain man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler (member of the Sanhedrin) among the Jews,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:26 - “Look, He is speaking publicly, and they say nothing to Him! Is it possible that the rulers really know that this is the Christ?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:48 - “Has any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:31 - “Now judgment is upon this world [the sentence is being passed]. Now the ruler of this world (Satan) will be cast out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:42 - Nevertheless, even many of the leading men believed in Him [as Savior and Messiah], but because of the Pharisees they would not confess it, for fear that [if they acknowledged Him openly] they would be put out of the synagogue (excommunicated);

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:30 - “I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of the world (Satan) is coming. And he has no claim on Me [no power over Me nor anything that he can use against Me];

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:11 - about judgment [the certainty of it], because the ruler of this world (Satan) has been judged and condemned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:17 -

“Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance [not fully aware of what you were doing], just as your rulers did also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:5 -

On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:8 - Then Peter, filled with [the power of] the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people [members of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish High Court],

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26 -

‘THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND [to attack],

AND THE RULERS WERE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER

AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED (the Christ, the Messiah).’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:27 - “But the man who was injuring his neighbor pushed Moses away, saying, ‘WHO APPOINTED YOU RULER AND JUDGE OVER US?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:35 -

“This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?’ is the very one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer, with the [protecting and helping] hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:27 - “For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, who failed to recognize or understand both Jesus and the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled these [very prophecies] by condemning Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5 - When there was an attempt by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to shamefully mistreat and to stone them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:19 -

But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the market place [where trials were held],

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:5 - Paul said, “I was not aware, brothers, that he was [fn]high priest; for it is written, ‘YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:3 - For [civil] authorities are not a source of fear for [people of] good behavior, but for [those who do] evil. Do you want to be unafraid of authority? Do what is good and you will receive approval and commendation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:6

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Yet we do speak wisdom among those spiritually mature [believers who have teachable hearts and a greater understanding]; but [it is a higher] wisdom not [the wisdom] of this present age nor of the rulers and leaders of this age, who are passing away;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:8 - None of the rulers of this age recognized and understood this wisdom; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:2 - in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, the [fn]faithful and trustworthy Witness, the [fn]Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who [always] loves us and who [has once for all] [fn]freed us [or washed us] from our sins by His own blood (His sacrificial death)—
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