ΦΥΛΑΡΧΟΝ, φυλαρχον
PHYLARCHON, phylarchon
Sounds Like: foo-LAR-khon
Translations: a tribal chief, a ruler of a tribe, a phylarch
From the root: ΦΥΛΑΡΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the chief or ruler of a tribe or clan. It is a compound word formed from 'φυλή' (phylē), meaning 'tribe' or 'clan', and 'ἄρχος' (archos), meaning 'ruler' or 'chief'. It is used to denote a leader who has authority over a specific group of people, typically a tribal unit.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5443 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 30:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΥΛΑΡΧΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΥΛΑΡΧΟΙ — tribal chiefs, chiefs of tribes, (to) tribal chiefs, (to) chiefs of tribes
- ΦΥΛΑΡΧΟΙΣ — (to) tribal chiefs, (to) leaders of tribes, (to) heads of tribes
- ΦΥΛΑΡΧΟΣ — ruler of a tribe, tribal chief, chief of a clan, a phylarch
- ΦΥΛΑΡΧΟΥΣ — chiefs of tribes, tribal chiefs, heads of tribes, rulers of tribes
- ΦΥΛΑΡΧΩΝ — (of) tribal chiefs, (of) heads of tribes, (of) rulers of tribes
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