Word Study · Strong's G708 · Greek
Ἀρίσταρχος
Aristarchos
ar-is'-tar-khos
Strong's 1890 spelling: Arístarchos
“best ruling”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
best ruling; Aristarchus, a Macedonian
Rendered in the KJV as
Aristarchus.
- 5occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- Ἀρίσταρχος2
- Ἀρίσταρχον1
- Ἀρίσταρχος,1
- Ἀριστάρχου1
How it is rendered · 2
- Aristarchus4
- Aristarchus,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM-P · 3
- N-ASM-P · 1
- N-GSM-P · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 19:29Ἀρίσταρχονaristarchonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularSoon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.here: Aristarchus
- Acts 20:4Ἀρίσταρχοςaristarchosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularPaul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.here: Aristarchus
- Acts 27:2Ἀριστάρχουaristarchounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularWe boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.here: Aristarchus