ἘΘΝΑΡΧΗΣ, ἐθναρχης
ETHNARCHĒS, ethnarchēs
Sounds Like: eth-NAR-khees
Translations: ethnarch, ruler of a nation, governor, a governor of a people
From the root: ΕΘΝΑΡΧΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ἔθνος' (ethnos), meaning 'nation' or 'people', and 'ἄρχων' (archon), meaning 'ruler'. An ethnarch is a ruler or governor of a people or nation, often a subordinate ruler who governs a particular ethnic group within a larger empire. It describes someone who holds authority over a specific population group.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1481 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 7:15
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 14:47
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Corinthians — 11:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΘΝΑΡΧΗΣ.
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.
- ἘΘΝΑΡΧΑΣ — ethnarch, a ruler of a nation, a ruler of a people
- ἘΘΝΑΡΧΗ — to an ethnarch, to a ruler of a nation, to a governor of a people
- ἘΘΝΑΡΧΗΝ — ethnarch, a ruler of a nation, a governor
- ἘΘΝΑΡΧΟΥ — of an ethnarch, of a ruler of a nation, of a governor
- ΕΘΝΑΡ — ethnarch, a ruler of a nation, governor
- ΕΘΝΑΡΧΗ — ethnarch, a ruler of a nation, (to) an ethnarch, (to) a ruler of a nation
- ΕΘΝΑΡΧΗΝ — ethnarch, a ruler of a people, a governor of a nation
- ΕΘΝΑΡΧΟΥ — of an ethnarch, of a ruler of a nation, of a governor
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