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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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 51 times in 46 verses in '2Ch' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 - Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 - Then Solomon assembled to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:9 - But Solomon did not make slaves for his work from the sons of Israel; they were men of war, his chief captains and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - These were the chief [fn]officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty who ruled over the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says the LORD, ‘You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you [fn]to Shishak.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6 - So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the [fn]care of the commanders of the [fn]guard who guarded the door of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 - So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they [fn]conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim and all the [fn]store cities of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14 - This was their muster according to their fathers’ households: of Judah, commanders of thousands, Adnah was the commander, and with him 300,000 valiant warriors;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:25 - Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30 - Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, “Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - So when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel,” and they turned aside to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:32 - When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:4 - Now when Jehoram had [fn]taken over the kingdom of his father and made himself [fn]secure, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and some of the rulers of Israel also.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:9 - Then Jehoram crossed over with his commanders and all his chariots with him. And he arose by night and struck down the Edomites who were surrounding him and the commanders of the chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - It came about when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2 - They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - She looked, and behold, the king was standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the [fn]trumpeters were beside the king. And all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets, the singers with their musical instruments [fn]leading the praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and said, “Treason! Treason!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and came through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they placed the king upon the royal throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the levy fixed by Moses the servant of the LORD on the congregation of Israel for the tent of the testimony?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:10 - All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought in their levies and [fn]dropped them into the chest until they had finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:17 - But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23 - Now it happened at the turn of the year that the army of the Arameans came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:12 - Then some of the heads of the sons of Ephraim—Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—arose against those who were coming from the battle,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:14 - So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the officers and all the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:21 - Although Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the LORD and out of the palace of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:20 - Then King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the princes of the city and went up to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2 - For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - The [fn]couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, “O sons of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from the [fn]hand of the kings of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12 - The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24 - For Hezekiah king of Judah had contributed to the assembly 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep, and the princes had contributed to the assembly 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep; and a large number of priests consecrated themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:8 - When Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:10 - Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok said to [fn]him, “Since the contributions began to be brought into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat with plenty left over, for the LORD has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the square at the city gate, and spoke [fn]encouragingly to them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed every mighty warrior, commander and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned [fn]in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with [fn]hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - Now after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put army commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8 - Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah an official of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - They came to Hilkiah the high priest and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the [fn]doorkeepers, had collected [fn]from Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - His officers also contributed a freewill offering to the people, the priests and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 from the flocks and 300 bulls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 from the flocks and 500 bulls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers, the sons of Asaph, were also at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers at each gate did not have to depart from their service, because the Levites their brethren prepared for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.
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