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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 51 times in 46 verses in '2Ch' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 - Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 - Then Solomon convened Israel's elders - all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families - in Jerusalem, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the City of David (that is, Zion).

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:9 - Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - These men worked for Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were in charge of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers, for he intended to name him his successor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, "This is what the LORD says: 'You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6 - The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is just."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 - Ben Hadad accepted King Asa's offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14 - These were their divisions by families: There were a thousand officers from Judah. Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:25 - Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king's son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30 - Now the king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders, "Do not fight common soldiers or high ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel!"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "He must be the king of Israel!" So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. The LORD helped him; God lured them away from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:32 - When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:4 - Jehoram took control of his father's kingdom and became powerful. Then he killed all his brothers, as well as some of the officials of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:9 - Jehoram crossed over to Zair with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab's family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2 - They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders. They came to Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - Then she saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, "Treason! Treason!"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - He summoned the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the LORD's temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, and said to him, "Why have you not made the Levites collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the LORD's servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:10 - All the officials and all the people gladly brought their silver and threw it into the chest until it was full.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:17 - After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. The king listened to their advice.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23 - At the beginning of the year the Syrian army attacked Joash and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:12 - So some of the Ephraimite family leaders, Azariah son of Jehochanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jechizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai confronted those returning from the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:14 - So the soldiers released the captives and the plunder before the officials and the entire assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:21 - Ahaz gathered riches from the LORD's temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:20 - Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the LORD, using the psalms of David and Asaph the prophet. So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2 - The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - Messengers delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah. This royal edict read: "O Israelites, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12 - In Judah God moved the people to unite and carry out the edict the king and the officers had issued at the LORD's command.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24 - King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the assembly, while the officials supplied them with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:8 - When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:10 - Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, "Since the contributions began arriving in the LORD's temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the LORD has blessed his people, and this large amount remains."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the army and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - The LORD sent a messenger and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned home humiliated. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8 - In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God's temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of Judah and Benjamin and the residents of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God's temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Konaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, along with Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the officials of the Levites, supplied the Levites with 5,000 Passover sacrifices and 500 cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's prophet. The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.
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