Greek noun (masculine) · G758
ἄρχων
archonar'-khone
ruler
37 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: árchōn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G758is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G758
a first (in rank or power)
The King James renders it: chief (ruler), magistrate, prince, ruler.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
archon is rendered "ruler". It stands 37 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:18While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
Matthew 9:18ἄρχων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's thirty-seven uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- rulers18
- ruler10
- prince5
- a ruler3
- a magistrate1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἄρχω | archo | be first | Uses85 |
All 37, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἄρχοντες9
- ἄρχων8
- ἄρχοντα6
- ἀρχόντων5
- ἄρχοντι4
- ἄρχοντας3
- ἄρχοντος1
- ἄρχουσιν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural8N-NPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular8N-NSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular6N-ASM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural5N-GPM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular4N-DSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural3N-APM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
- noun · vocative (address) · masculine plural1N-VPM
Matthew
five uses
While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
- ἄρχωνarchonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a ruler
When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
- ἄρχοντοςarchontosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: ruler
But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”
- ἄρχοντιarchontinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: prince
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
- ἄρχοντιarchontinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: prince
But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
- ἄρχοντεςarchontesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
Mark
one use
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
- ἄρχοντιarchontinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: prince
Luke
eight uses
Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,
- ἄρχωνarchonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a ruler
but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”
- ἄρχοντιarchontinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: prince
Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
- ἄρχονταarchontanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a magistrate
One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
- ἀρχόντωνarchontonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- ἄρχωνarchonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: ruler
Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
- ἄρχονταςarchontasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
- ἄρχοντεςarchontesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
- ἄρχοντεςarchontesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
John
seven uses
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
- ἄρχωνarchonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a ruler
Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
- ἄρχοντεςarchontesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
- ἀρχόντωνarchontonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.
- ἄρχωνarchonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: prince
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
- ἀρχόντωνarchontonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
- ἄρχωνarchonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: ruler
and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
- ἄρχωνarchonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: ruler
Acts
eleven uses
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
- ἄρχοντεςarchontesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
- ἄρχονταςarchontasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
- ἄρχοντεςarchontesnoun · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Rulers
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
- ἄρχοντεςarchontesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
- ἄρχονταarchontanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: ruler
This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
- ἄρχονταarchontanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: ruler
- ἄρχονταarchontanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: ruler
The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
- ἄρχοντεςarchontesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
- ἄρχουσινarchousinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
- ἄρχονταςarchontasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
- ἄρχονταarchontanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: ruler
Romans
one use
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
- ἄρχοντεςarchontesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
1 Corinthians
two uses
Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
- ἀρχόντωνarchontonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
- ἀρχόντωνarchontonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: rulers
Ephesians
one use
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
- ἄρχονταarchontanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: ruler
Revelation
one use
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
- ἄρχωνarchonnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: ruler
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
