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ἄρχων archōn · G0758

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ruler

ἄρχων, -οντος, ὁ; (present ptcp. of ἄρχω), [in LXX for נָשִׂיא., רֹאשׁ, שַׂר, etc. ; ] ; a ruler, chief: Jesus, Rev.1:5; rulers of nations, Mat.20:25, Act.4:26 7:35; magistrates, Act.23:5, Rom.13:3; judges, Luk.12:58, Act.7:27, 35 16:19; members of the Sanhedrin, Luk.14:1 23:13, 35 24:20, Jhn.3:1 7:26, 48 12:42, Act.3:17 4:5, 8 13:27 14:5; rulers of synagogues, Mat.9:18, 23, Luk.8:41 18:18; οἱ ἄ. τ. αἰῶνος τούτου, 1Co.2:6-8; of the devil: ἄ. τῶν δαιμονίων, Mat.9:34 12:24, Mrk.3:22, Luk.11:15; ὁ ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου, Jhn.12:31 14:30 16:11; ἄ. τ. ἐξουσίας τ. ἀέρος, Eph.2:2 (MM, see word; DB, iii, 838; Ext., 99 f; DCG, ii, 419; DCG, see word Archon).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἄρχων, οντος, ὁ, ; (participle of ἄρχω) ruler, commander, νεός[]; chief, king, Ἀσίας[]; ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, of Satan, []; II as official title, chief magistrate, especially at Athens, []; οἱ ἄ., at Sparta, the authorities, [] the eponymous magistrate of the year, []; so in Boeotia, at Delphi, Delos, and elsewhere, []; = Latin consul, []; II.2 governor of a dependency or province, e.g. in the Athenian Empire, []; of a Roman governor, []; = praefectus, []; II.3 generally, magistrate, official, …

Where it's used 37 times

Matthew 9:18 · Matthew 9:23 · Matthew 9:34 · Matthew 12:24 · Matthew 20:25 · Mark 3:22 · Luke 8:41 · Luke 11:15 · Luke 12:58 · Luke 14:1 · Luke 18:18 · Luke 23:13 · Luke 23:35 · Luke 24:20 · John 3:1 · John 7:26 · John 7:48 · John 12:31 · John 12:42 · John 14:30 · John 16:11 · Acts 3:17 · Acts 4:5 · Acts 4:8 · Acts 4:26 · Acts 7:27 · Acts 7:35 · Acts 13:27 · Acts 14:5 · Acts 16:19 · Acts 23:5 · Romans 13:3 · 1 Corinthians 2:6 · 1 Corinthians 2:8 · Ephesians 2:2 · Revelation 1:5 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G0758; TFLSJ G0758

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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