ἄρχωνárchōn
a first (in rank or power)
Greek (New Testament) · G758
Meanings
a ruler, chief: Jesus, Revelation 1:5; rulers of nations, Matthew 20:25, Acts 4:26, Acts 7:35; magistrates, Acts 23:5, Romans 13:3; judges, Luke 12:58, Acts 7:27, Acts 7:35, Acts 16:19; members of the Sanhedrin, Luke 14:1, Luke 23:13, Luke 23:35, Luke 24:20, John 3:1, John 7:26, John 7:48, John 12:42, Acts 3:17, Acts 4:5, Acts 4:8, Acts 13:27, Acts 14:5; rulers of synagogues, Matthew 9:18, Matthew 9:23, Luke 8:41, Luke 18:18; οἱ ἄ. τ. αἰῶνος τούτου, 1 Corinthians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 2:8; of the devil: ἄ. τῶν δαιμονίων, Matthew 9:34, Matthew 12:24, Mark 3:22, Luke 11:15; ὁ ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου, John 12:31, John 14:30, John 16:11; ἄ. τ. ἐξουσίας τ. ἀέρος, Ephesians 2:2.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 37 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 9:18 As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on her.”
- Matthew 9:23 When Jesus arrived at the official’s home, he saw the noisy crowd and heard the funeral music.
- Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “He can cast out demons because he is empowered by the prince of demons.”
- Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard about the miracle, they said, “No wonder he can cast out demons. He gets his power from Satan, the prince of demons.”
- Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them.
- Mark 3:22 But the teachers of religious law who had arrived from Jerusalem said, “He’s possessed by Satan, the prince of demons. That’s where he gets the power to cast out demons.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.