ἘΠΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ, ἐπαρχοντος
EPARCHONTOS, eparchontos
Sounds Like: ep-AR-khon-tos
Translations: of ruling, of governing, of being in charge, of a governor, of a prefect
From the root: ΕΠΑΡΧΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'ruling,' 'governing,' or 'being in charge.' It describes someone who holds authority or is in command. In this genitive form, it indicates possession or relationship, often translated as 'of one who rules' or 'of a governor.' It can function adjectivally to describe a person or substantively as a noun referring to the person themselves.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G1849 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 4:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΑΡΧΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΡΞΑΝΤΕΣ — having begun, having ruled over, having presided over, having been in charge of
- ἘΠΑΡΧΟΥΝΤΙ — (to) a governor, (to) a prefect, (to) a ruler, (to) a commander
- ἘΠΗΡΧΕΝ — was ruling over, was governing, was in charge of, was presiding over
- ἘΡΑΡΧΩ — to be governor, to rule over, to preside over
- ΕΠΑΡΧΩ — to be in charge, to rule over, to preside over, to govern, to be governor
- ΕΠΑΡΧΩΝ — ruling, presiding, being in charge, a ruler, one who presides
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