UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄρχων

MainId: 000753000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0758

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'One may classify ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων in Domain 11 Groups and Classes of Persons, but the phrase ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων seems to focus primarily upon the authority and status which such a person has, rather than merely upon his being a member of a deliberative body, as in the case of terms such as συνέδριον[a] city council ({D:11.79}), γερουσία and πρεσβυτέριον Sanhedrin ({D:11.83}).'}

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 000753001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἄρχων
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -οντος
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἄρχω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 000753001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.56
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Rule, Govern
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 12:24:01
    DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:ἄρχω} ‘to rule,’ {D:37.54}) one who rules or governs
    Glosses: ['ruler', 'governor']
  LEXReferences: MAT 9:18, MAT 9:23, MAT 9:34, MAT 12:24, MAT 20:25, MARK 3:22, LUKE 8:41, LUKE 11:15, LUKE 14:1, LUKE 18:18, LUKE 23:13, LUKE 23:35, LUKE 24:20, YHN 7:26, YHN 7:48, YHN 12:31, YHN 12:42, YHN 14:30, YHN 16:11, ACTs 3:17, ACTs 4:5, ACTs 4:8, ACTs 4:26, ACTs 7:27, ACTs 7:35, ACTs 7:35, ACTs 13:27, ACTs 14:5, ACTs 23:5, ROM 13:3, 1COR 2:6, 1COR 2:8
2. LEXID: 000753001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 56.29
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Courts and Legal Procedures
  LEXSubDomains: Judge, Condemn, Acquit
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 12:24:01
    DefinitionShort: a minor government official serving as a judge
    Glosses: ['official', 'judge']
    Comments: Though in {S:04201205800018} ἄρχων has essentially the same reference as {L:κριτής} and {L:δικαστής} ({D:56.28}), the meaning differs in that ἄρχων represents government authority functioning in judgment on cases.
  LEXReferences: LUKE 12:58, ACTs 16:19
3. LEXID: 000753001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 12.44
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Supernatural Beings and Powers
  LEXSubDomains: Supernatural Powers
  LEXCollocations: ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 12:24:01
    DefinitionShort: (ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος - title for supernatural forces and powers) a supernatural power having some particular role in controlling the destiny and activities of human beings
    Glosses: ['power', 'authority', 'lordship', 'ruler', 'wicked force']
    Comments: Some scholars have believed that it is possible to reconstruct at least in part some of the hierarchy represented by these various supernatural forces and powers, on the basis of the neoplatonic system of nine such powers arranged in three orders of three each. NT terminology and usage does not, however, lend itself to such a classification, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to determine what are the significant differences between these supernatural powers and forces.|In the case of {S:04900102100006} some scholars apply the terms in question both to the supernatural and to the human sphere, thus emphasizing the totality of Christ’s rule. This has a considerable measure of justification in view of the concepts held by persons in the ancient world, since various earthly powers were supposed to reflect corresponding supernatural powers.|For the most part, translators have endeavored to render the various terms in somewhat different ways, for example, ἐξουσία as ‘authority’; δύναμις as ‘power’; κυριότης as ‘ruler’; and phrases such as τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις as ‘wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world.’ In a number of languages, however, there are simply not enough terms to designate various kinds of powers, authorities, and forces which could be employed in speaking of such supernatural impersonal powers. Accordingly, some translators have simply used a phrase such as ‘any and all kinds of supernatural powers.’ Where it is possible to make certain lexical distinctions between terms and phrases, this, of course, should be done, but in a number of contexts this may be impossible, and accordingly, some explanation in a marginal note may be required if the reader is to understand satisfactorily the intent of the passages in question.
  LEXReferences: EPH 2:2, REV 1:5
4. LEXID: 000753001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.95
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Rule, Govern
  LEXCollocations: ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 12:24:01
    DefinitionShort: (a title, literally: ruler of the Jews) a member of the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews{N:001}
    Glosses: a member of the Council
  LEXReferences: YHN 3:1