ἈΡΧΕΙΝΔΟΚΟΥΝΤΩΝ, ἀρχεινδοκουντων
ARCHEINDOKOUNTŌN, archeindokountōn
Sounds Like: ar-KHEEN-doh-KOON-tohn
Translations: of those seeming to rule, of those appearing to rule, of those who seem to be rulers, of those who appear to be rulers
From the root: ΑΡΧΩ, ΔΟΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ἀρχω' (to rule, to begin) and 'δοκέω' (to seem, to appear, to think). It describes a group of people who appear to be in charge or who seem to be ruling. It implies that their authority might be perceived rather than absolute or that they are the ones who are thought to be rulers.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine, Present, Active, Participle
Strong’s numbers: G0757 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1380 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:87
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΧΩ, ΔΟΚΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΡΧΕΙΝΔΟΚΟΥΝΤΩΝ — of those seeming to rule, of those thinking to rule, of those appearing to rule, of those who seem to be rulers
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