ΑΡΧΗΓΟΣ, αρχηγος
ARCHĒGOS, archēgos
Sounds Like: ar-KHEH-gos
Translations: author, founder, prince, leader, captain, pioneer
From the root: ΑΡΧΗΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a masculine noun meaning 'author,' 'founder,' 'prince,' 'leader,' or 'captain.' It is a compound word derived from 'ΑΡΧΗ' (arche), meaning 'beginning' or 'rule,' and 'ΑΓΩ' (ago), meaning 'to lead.' Therefore, it literally means 'one who leads from the beginning' or 'one who is the first leader.' It refers to someone who initiates something, takes the lead, or is the primary source or cause of something. It can be used to describe a military commander, a founder of a movement, or even the originator of salvation.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0747 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΧΗΓΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΧΗΓΟΙ — leaders, princes, authors, founders, originators, pioneers
- ἈΡΧΗΓΟΙΣ — (to) leaders, (to) rulers, (to) princes, (to) authors, (to) founders
- ἈΡΧΗΓΟΝ — leader, a leader, founder, an author, a prince, pioneer, a pioneer, originator, an originator
- ἈΡΧΗΓΟΣ — prince, a prince, author, an author, leader, a leader, founder, a founder, pioneer, a pioneer, captain, a captain
- ἈΡΧΗΓΟΥΣ — leaders, authors, founders, princes, chiefs, captains, originators
- ἈΡΧΗΓΩΝ — of leaders, of princes, of authors, of founders, of originators
- ΑΡΧΗΓΟΙ — leaders, princes, authors, founders, originators, commanders
- ΑΡΧΗΓΟΝ — leader, a leader, author, an author, founder, a founder, prince, a prince, pioneer, a pioneer
- ΑΡΧΗΓΟΥΣ — leaders, authors, founders, princes, commanders, originators
- ΑΡΧΗΓΩΝ — (of) leaders, (of) princes, (of) authors, (of) founders, (of) originators
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