2001 Translation

ARCHONTES, archontes

Sounds Like: AR-khon-tes

Translations: rulers, the rulers, authorities, the authorities, chiefs, magistrates, princes

From the root: ΑΡΧΩΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to individuals holding positions of authority, power, or leadership. It can denote civil magistrates, government officials, or even spiritual powers. It is used to describe those who govern or have dominion over others.

Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G0758 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 9:3

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 32:2

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 6:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 14:81

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 9:232
• Book 5 — 8:242, 8:304
• Book 6 — 1:8, 1:13, 1:15
• Book 7 — 6:118, 11:276, 11:277
• Book 8 — 8:212, 8:213
• Book 9 — 6:126, 6:127
• Book 10 — 6:90
• Book 11 — 1:8, 3:73, 4:112, 6:287
• Book 14 — 10:241
• Book 17 — 9:242

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 12:15, 16:1, 16:47, 17:1
• Book Four — 9:31
• Book Six — 5:33

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 36:4, 36:5, 36:6, 37:1, 73:5, 82:4, 85:1, 127:5

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 6:12

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 12:15, 25:16, 27:29
• Exodus — 15:15, 16:22, 34:31, 35:27
• Numbers — 1:16, 1:44, 4:34, 4:46, 7:2, 7:10, 10:4, 17:6, 21:18, 22:8, 22:14, 23:6, 23:17, 31:13, 31:26, 36:1
• Joshua — 9:20, 9:21, 9:24, 9:25, 9:27, 14:1, 19:51, 22:14, 22:30, 22:32
• Judges — 8:6, 10:18, 16:5, 16:8, 16:18, 16:23, 16:27
• 2 Samuel — 10:3, 19:6, 24:4
• 1 Kings — 2:35, 2:46, 4:2, 10:25, 11:18, 21:17, 22:32, 22:33
• 2 Kings — 9:5, 24:12, 25:23, 25:26
• 1 Chronicles — 4:42, 5:24, 7:2, 7:3, 7:7, 7:9, 7:11, 7:40, 8:6, 8:10, 8:13, 8:28, 9:9, 9:13, 9:33, 9:34, 11:10, 12:14, 12:28, 12:34, 15:12, 19:3, 23:9, 23:24, 24:5, 24:6, 25:1, 26:21, 26:26, 26:32, 27:1, 27:4, 28:21, 29:6, 29:24
• 2 Chronicles — 8:9, 8:10, 12:6, 18:31, 18:32, 23:2, 23:13, 24:10, 24:17, 28:12, 29:30, 30:2, 30:24, 31:8, 35:8, 35:9, 35:15, 35:25
• Ezra (Alpha) — 1:27, 8:66
• Ezra (Beta) — 1:5, 3:12, 8:1, 8:20, 8:25, 9:1, 10:14, 10:16
• Nehemiah — 4:16, 8:13, 9:34, 9:38, 10:14, 11:1, 11:3, 11:13, 12:7, 12:12, 12:22, 12:23, 12:24
• Esther — 1:14, 9:3
• Judith — 7:8, 8:11, 8:35, 14:19
• 1 Maccabees — 1:26, 2:18, 5:56, 6:61, 10:37, 11:63, 11:70, 12:24, 14:20
• Psalms — 2:2, 23:7, 23:9, 46:10, 67:26, 67:28, 118:23, 118:161, 148:11
• Psalms of Solomon — 8:18
• Odes — 1:15
• Ecclesiastes — 10:16, 10:17
• Isaiah — 1:10, 1:23, 13:2, 19:11, 19:13, 21:5, 22:3, 23:8, 28:14, 32:1, 34:1, 34:12, 41:1, 41:25, 43:9, 43:27, 43:28, 49:7
• Jeremiah — 2:26, 17:25, 30:3, 31:7, 33:10, 33:16, 33:21, 39:32, 43:12, 43:14, 44:15, 45:25, 45:27, 51:17, 51:21
• Lamentations — 1:6, 5:12
• Baruch — 3:16
• Ezekiel — 22:27, 26:16, 27:8, 27:21, 32:29, 32:30
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:3
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:3
• Hosea — 5:10, 7:5, 7:16, 9:15, 12:11
• Amos — 1:15
• Zephaniah — 3:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 20:25
• Luke — 23:35, 24:20
• John — 7:26
• Acts — 3:17, 4:8, 4:26, 13:27
• Romans — 13:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΧΩΝ.

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.

• ἈΡΚΩΝ — ruler, a ruler, prince, chief, magistrate, leader, official
• ἈΡΧΗΝΤΑΙΣ — rulers, authorities, magistrates, chiefs
• ἈΡΧΟΙ — rulers, chiefs, princes, magistrates
• ἈΡΧΟΝΤΑ — ruler, a ruler, leader, a leader, prince, a prince, official, an official
• ἈΡΧΟΝΤΩΝ — of rulers, of authorities, of princes, of officials, of magistrates, of chiefs
• ἈΡΧΟΥΣΙ — to rulers, to a ruler, to magistrates, to a magistrate, to officials, to an official, to chiefs, to a chief
• ἈΡΧΟΥΣΙΝ — (to) rulers, (to) chiefs, (to) magistrates, (to) authorities
• ἈΡΧΩΝΕΙ — ruler, a ruler, chief, a chief, prince, a prince, magistrate, a magistrate, leader, a leader
• ΑΡΚΩΝ — ruler, a ruler, prince, a prince, chief, a chief, magistrate, a magistrate, official, an official
• ΑΡΧΟΝΤΑ — ruler, a ruler, leader, a leader, official, an official, magistrate, a magistrate
• ΑΡΧΟΝΤΑΙΣ — to rulers, to leaders, to magistrates, to officials, to authorities
• ΑΡΧΟΝΤΑΣ — rulers, leaders, princes, chief officials, magistrates
• ΑΡΧΟΝΤΕΣ — rulers, magistrates, princes, chiefs, authorities, officials
• ΑΡΧΟΝΤΕΤΕΣ — rulers, authorities, magistrates, chiefs, princes, leaders
• ΑΡΧΟΝΤΙ — to a ruler, to a leader, to a chief, to a magistrate, to a prince, to an official, to a commander
• ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ — of a ruler, of a chief ruler, of a prince, of a magistrate, of a leader, of an official, of a commander, of a lord
• ΑΡΧΟΝΤΩΝ — of rulers, of princes, of chiefs, of officials, of magistrates
• ΑΡΧΟΤΑΣ — ruler, chief, leader, magistrate, a ruler, a chief, a leader, a magistrate
• ΑΡΧΟΤΕΣ — rulers, authorities, princes, magistrates, chiefs
• ΑΡΧΟΤΙ — to a ruler, to a prince, to a chief, to a magistrate, to an official
• ΑΡΧΟΤΩΝ — of rulers, of authorities, of princes, of chiefs, of magistrates
• ΑΡΧΟΥΟΙ — rulers, chiefs, magistrates, authorities
• ΑΡΧΩΝ — ruler, a ruler, chief, a chief, prince, a prince, magistrate, a magistrate, leader, a leader
• ΩΣἈΡΧΟΝΤΕΣ — as rulers, as leaders, as chief magistrates, like rulers, like leaders, like chief magistrates

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