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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 this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:23 - When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:34 - But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:24 - But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:25 - Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:22 - And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:41 - Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with 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, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:1 - One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:18 - A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:13 - Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:35 - The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:20 - The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:1 - Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:26 - Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:48

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:31 - Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:42 - Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:30 - I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:11 - and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:17 - “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:5 - The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:8 - Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people!

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26 - The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one.[fn]’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:27 - “But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:35 - “This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:27 - The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:5 - There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:19 - When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:5 - Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:3 - For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:6 - We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:8 - None of the rulers of this age understood it, 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 used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
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