Strong's: a first (in rank or power)
KJV: --chief (ruler), magistrate, prince, ruler.
See: ἄρχωἄρχων, οντος, ὁ,
(part. of ἄρχω)
I ruler, commander, νεός Hdt. 5.33: abs., A. Th. 674, S. Aj. 668, etc.; chief, king, Ἀσίας A. Pers. 73; ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, of Satan, [Joh 16:11], al.
II as official title,
1. chief magistrate, esp. at Athens, Th. 1.126, etc.; οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες IG 2.163; οἱ ἄ., at Sparta, the authorities, Hdt. 6.106: sg., ὁ ἄρχων the eponymous magistrate of the year, IG 1.52, al., Arist. Ath. 3.3, etc.; so in Boeotia, at Delphi, Delos, and elsewhere, IG 7.2407, SIG 295.18, IG 2.814, etc.; = Lat. consul, Plb. 1.39.1.
2. governor of a dependency or province, e.g. in the Athenian Empire, IG 1.62b19, etc.; of a Roman governor, OGI 441.59; = praefectus, Plb. 6.26.5.
3. generally, magistrate, official, Aeschin. 3.29, etc.; opp. ἰδιώτης, SIG 672.16 (Delph.); ruler of a synagogue, [Mat 9:18]; president of a club, PLond. 3.1178.6 (ii A. D.).
ἄρχων archōn 37x
one invested with power and dignity, chief, ruler, prince, magistrate, [Mat 9:23]; [Mat 20:25] leader; prince; ruler.
G758 — ἄρχων
ἄρχοντος, ὁ (present participle of the verb ἄρχω) (from Aeschylus down), a ruler, commander, chief, leader: used of Jesus, ἄρχων τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς, [Rev 1:5]; of the rulers of nations, [Mat 20:25]; [Act 4:26]; [Act 7:35]; universally, of magistrates, [Rom 13:3]; [Act 23:5]; especially judges, [Luk 12:58]; [Act 7:27], [Act 7:35] (where note the antithesis: whom they refused as ἄρχοντα καί δικαστήν, him God sent as ἄρχοντα — leader, ruler — καί λύτρῳ — τήν); [Act 16:19]. οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου those who in the present age (see αἰών, 3) by nobility of birth, learning and wisdom, power and authority, wield the greatest influence, whether among Jews or Gentles, [1Co 2:6], [1Co 2:8]; cf. Neander at the passage, p. 62ff Of the members of the Jewish Sanhedrin: [Luk 23:13], [Luk 23:35]; [Luk 24:20]; [Joh 3:1]; [Joh 7:26], [Joh 7:48]; [Joh 12:42]; [Act 3:17]; [Act 4:5], [Act 4:8]; [Act 13:27]; [Act 14:5]. of the officers presiding over synagogues: [Mat 9:18], [Mat 9:23]; [Luk 8:41] (ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς, cf. [Mar 5:22] ἀρχισυνάγωγος), and perhaps also [Luk 18:18]; ἄρχων τῶν Φαρισαίων, one who has great influence among the Pharisees, [Luk 14:1]. of the devil, the prince of evil spirits: (ὁ) ἄρχων τῶν δαιμονίων, [Mat 9:34]; [Mat 12:24]; [Mar 3:22]; [Luk 11:15]; ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου, the ruler of the irreligious mass of mankind, [Joh 12:31]; [Joh 14:30]; [Joh 16:11] (in rabbinical writings הָעולָה שַׂר; ἄρχων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, Ignatius, ad Eph. 19, 1 [ET] (ad Magn. 1, 3 [ET]); ἄρχων τοῦ καιροῦ τῆς ἀνομίας, the Epistle of Barnabas 18, 2 [ET]); τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος, [Eph 2:2] (see ἀήρ). (See Hort in Dict. of Chris. Biog., under the word Archon.)
ἄρχων , - οντος , ὁ
(pres. ptcp . of ἄρχω ),
[in LXX for H5387., H7218, H8269, etc.;]
a ruler, chief: Jesus, [Rev 1:5]; rulers of nations, [Mat 20:25], [Act 4:26]; [Act 7:35]; magistrates, [Act 23:5], [Rom 13:3]; judges, [Luk 12:58], [Act 7:27]; [Act 7:35]; [Act 16:19]; members of the Sanhedrin, [Luk 14:1]; [Luk 23:13]; [Luk 23:35]; [Luk 24:20], [Joh 3:1]; [Joh 7:26]; [Joh 7:48]; [Joh 12:42], [Act 3:17]; [Act 4:5]; [Act 4:8]; [Act 13:27]; [Act 14:5]; rulers of synagogues, [Mat 9:18]; [Mat 9:23], [Luk 8:41]; [Luk 18:18]; οἱ ἄ . τ . αἰῶν o ς τούτου , [1Co 2:6-8]; of the devil: ἄ . τῶν δαιμονίων , [Mat 9:34]; [Mat 12:24], [Mar 3:22], [Luk 11:15]; ὁ ἄ . τοῦ κόσμου , [Joh 12:31]; [Joh 14:30]; [Joh 16:11]; ἄ . τ . ἐξουσίας τ . ἀέρος , [Eph 2:2] ( MM , s.v. ; DB, iii, 838; Ext., 99 f ; DCG, ii, 419; DCG , s.v. Archon). †
ἄρχων原文音譯:¥rcwn 阿而罕
詞類次數:名詞(37)
原文字根:原始-是著 相當於:H5387(נָשִׂיא) H8269(סָרַר / שַׂר)
字義溯源:第一,首領,統治,君王,王,官長,有權位的,元首,臣宰,管理人;源自(G757(ἄρχω)*=為首)。最奇特的一次譯為:元首([啓1:5]);那是指主耶穌是君王之元首,是基督,是彌賽亞
出現次數:總共(37);太(5);可(1);路(8);約(7);徒(11);羅(1);林前(2);弗(1);啓(1)
譯字彙編:
1)官長(13)[路23:13];[路23:35];[路24:20];[約7:26];[約7:48];[約12:42];[徒3:17];[徒4:5];[徒4:8];[徒13:27];[徒14:5];[徒23:5];[羅13:3];
2)王(7)[太9:34];[太12:24];[可3:22];[路11:15];[約12:31];[約14:30];[約16:11];
3)首領(5)[路14:1];[徒7:27];[徒7:35];[徒16:19];[弗2:2];
4)官(5)[太9:18];[太9:23];[路12:58];[路18:18];[約3:1];
5)有權位的(1)[林前2:8];
6)元首的(1)[啓1:5];
7)有權位(1)[林前2:6];
8)作首領(1)[徒7:35];
9)君王(1)[太20:25];
10)臣宰(1)[徒4:26];
11)管理人(1)[路8:41]