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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, , (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 ἄρχονταleader, rulerκαὶ 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: () ἄρχων τῶν δαιμονίων, Matthew 9:34; Matthew 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; 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 550 times in 500 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 10 (Gen 12:15–Num 7:18)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:15 - And Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:7 - Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh). And they struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who were living in Hazazon-tamar.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who ruled over all that he owned, “Please place your hand under my thigh,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes according to their [fn]tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 -

May peoples serve you,

And nations bow down to you;

Be master of your brothers,

And may your mother’s sons bow down to you.

Cursed be those who curse you,

And blessed be those who bless you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - Then Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her and took her and lay with her and violated her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 -

Now Joseph was the one in power over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with their [fn]faces to the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - “So now, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has set me as a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - Then Pharaoh said to [fn]Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10 -

“The scepter shall not depart from Judah,

Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,

[fn]Until Shiloh comes,

And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:20 -

[fn]As for Asher, his [fn]food shall be [fn]rich,

And he will yield royal dainties.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - But he said, “Who made you a [fn]ruler or a judge over us? Are you [fn]intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 -

“Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed;

The leaders of Moab, trembling seizes them;

All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 -

Now it happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. Then all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 -

“You shall not [fn]curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the [fn]breastpiece;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 -

‘When a leader sins and unintentionally does any one of all the [fn]things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and he becomes guilty,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:21 - ‘And you shall not give any of your seed to pass them over to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - “You shall also say to the sons of Israel:

‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the sojourners sojourning in Israel who gives any of his seed to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - ‘I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people because he has given some of those who are his seed to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - ‘If the people of the land, however, [fn]should ever turn a blind eye to that man when he gives any of those who are his seed to Molech, so as not to put him to death,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5 - then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, in playing the harlot after Molech.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:4 - “With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father’s household.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 -

“These are they who were called upon by the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ tribes; they were the heads of [fn]divisions of Israel.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 -

These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each of whom was of his father’s household.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - “Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and the leader of the sons of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - Then the tribe of Zebulun, and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 -

“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - “And those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the sons of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - “Then the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph the son of [fn]Deuel,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 -

“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - “Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - “Then the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25 -

“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the sons of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - “Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:24 - and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:30 - and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Kohathite families was [fn]Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the chief of the leaders of Levi and had the oversight of those who keep the responsibility of the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the leader of the fathers’ households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:34 -

So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ households,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 -

All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers’ households,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ households, brought an offering near (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who [fn]were over the [fn]numbered men).
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - And they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, and they brought them near before the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 -

And the leaders brought near the dedication offering [fn]for the altar [fn]when it was anointed, so the leaders brought their offering near before the altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Let them bring their offering near, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:12 -

Now the one who brought his offering near on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:18 -

On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, brought an offering near;


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