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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 550 times in 500 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 10 (Gen 12:15–Num 7:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:15 - And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:7 - then they turned back and came to Enmish'pat (that is, Kadesh), and subdued all the country of the Amal'ekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Haz'azon-ta'mar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ish'mael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you, and blessed be every one who blesses you!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - and when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humbled her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 - Now Joseph was governor over the land; he it was who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - So it was not you who sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10 - The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:20 - Asher's food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal dainties.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - He answered, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, and thought, "Surely the thing is known."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 - Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; the leaders of Moab, trembling seizes them; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 - On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers apiece; and when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - "You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - "When a ruler sins, doing unwittingly any one of all the things which the LORD his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:21 - You shall not give any of your children to devote them by fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - "Say to the people of Israel, Any man of the people of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who gives any of his children to Molech shall be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - I myself will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5 - then I will set my face against that man and against his family, and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in playing the harlot after Molech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:4 - And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered with the help of the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers' house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - Those to encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the leader of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Ammin'adab,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - Those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Is'sachar, the leader of the people of Is'sachar being Nethan'el the son of Zu'ar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - Then the tribe of Zeb'ulun, the leader of the people of Zeb'ulun being Eli'ab the son of Helon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 - "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the leader of the people of Reuben being Eli'zur the son of Shed'eur,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the leader of the people of Simeon being Shelu'mi-el the son of Zurishad'dai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - Then the tribe of Gad, the leader of the people of Gad being Eli'asaph the son of Reu'el,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 - "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of E'phraim by their companies, the leader of the people of E'phraim being Eli'shama the son of Ammi'hud,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - And next to him shall be the tribe of Manas'seh, the leader of the people of Manas'seh being Gama'liel the son of Pedah'zur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - Then the tribe of Benjamin, the leader of the people of Benjamin being Abi'dan the son of Gideo'ni,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25 - "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the leader of the people of Dan being Ahi-e'zer the son of Ammishad'dai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the leader of the people of Asher being Pa'giel the son of Ochran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - Then the tribe of Naph'tali, the leader of the people of Naph'tali being Ahi'ra the son of Enan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:24 - with Eli'asaph, the son of La'el as head of the fathers' house of the Gershonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:30 - with Eli-za'phan the son of Uz'ziel as head of the fathers' house of the families of the Ko'hathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - And Elea'zar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the head of the fathers' house of the families of Merar'i was Zu'riel the son of Ab'ihail; they were to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:34 - And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Ko'hathites, by their families and their fathers' houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and their fathers' houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - the leaders of Israel, heads of their fathers' houses, the leaders of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - offered and brought their offerings before the LORD, six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the leaders, and for each one an ox; they offered them before the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 - And the leaders offered offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the leaders offered their offering before the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - And the LORD said to Moses, "They shall offer their offerings, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:12 - He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Ammin'adab, of the tribe of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:18 - On the second day Nethan'el the son of Zu'ar, the leader of Is'sachar, made an offering;

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