ἈΡΧΟΝΤΑΣ, ἀρχοντας
ARCHONTAS, archontas
Sounds Like: AR-khon-tas
Translations: ruler, a ruler, prince, a prince, chief, a chief, magistrate, a magistrate, official, an official
From the root: ἈΡΧΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a ruler, prince, chief, or magistrate. It is used to describe someone in a position of authority or power, often a leader in a community or government. It can be used in a general sense for any person holding a position of command or influence.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0758 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:281
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 4:70, 4:71
- Book 4 — 6:126
- Book 5 — 1:3, 8:296
- Book 7 — 6:119, 13:319, 14:341, 14:347, 14:363, 14:370, 14:376
- Book 8 — 6:162
- Book 9 — 1:6
- Book 10 — 7:115
- Book 11 — 5:172, 6:186
- Book 12 — 6:169
- Book 13 — 5:165
- Book 14 — 4:63
- Book 17 — 9:240
- Book 19 — 5:291
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 3:1, 17:1
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:1, 0:12
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 38:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 14:7, 47:5
- Exodus — 22:28
- Leviticus — 20:5
- Numbers — 22:15, 30:2, 32:2, 32:28
- Deuteronomy — 20:9, 28:36
- Joshua — 23:2
- Judges — 7:25, 8:3, 8:15, 16:18, 16:30
- 2 Samuel — 24:4
- 1 Kings — 1:25, 15:20, 21:15
- 2 Kings — 8:21, 10:1, 24:14
- 1 Chronicles — 12:18, 21:2, 23:2, 24:4, 28:1
- 2 Chronicles — 5:2, 12:5, 12:10, 16:4, 21:9, 22:8, 23:20, 24:23, 29:20, 32:6, 33:11, 33:14
- Ezra (Beta) — 4:2, 7:28, 10:5
- Nehemiah — 4:19, 5:7, 7:5, 9:32, 12:31
- Esther — 1:16
- Judith — 5:2, 6:14, 7:23, 9:3
- 1 Maccabees — 6:28
- Psalms — 44:17, 82:12, 104:22, 106:40, 117:9, 145:3
- Psalms of Solomon — 5:13, 8:23, 17:14, 17:24, 17:41
- Ecclesiastes — 10:7
- Job — 12:21
- Sirach — 46:13, 46:18
- Isaiah — 3:4, 9:6, 40:23, 43:4, 60:17
- Jeremiah — 24:1, 32:4, 33:11, 33:12, 41:19, 41:21, 44:14, 45:22, 52:10
- Lamentations — 2:2, 2:9
- Baruch — 1:9, 2:1
- Ezekiel — 17:12, 30:13
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:2, 9:6, 11:18
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 1:20, 3:97
- Hosea — 7:3, 8:10
- Zephaniah — 1:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΧΩΝ.
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.
- ἈΡΧΟΝΤΙ — to a ruler, to the ruler, to a chief, to the chief, to a leader, to the leader, to a prince, to the prince, to a magistrate, to the magistrate
- ἈΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ — of a ruler, of a prince, of a chief, of a magistrate, of an official
- ἈΡΧΩΝ — ruler, a ruler, prince, chief, magistrate, official, leader
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