ἄρχων: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ἄρχοντος, ὁ ([[present]] participle of the [[verb]] [[ἄρχω]]) (from [[Aeschylus]] down), a [[ruler]], [[commander]], [[chief]], [[leader]]: used of Jesus, [[ἄρχων]] τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς, Judges, ἄρχοντα καί δικαστήν, him God sent as ἄρχοντα — [[leader]], [[ruler]] — καί λύτρῳ — [[τήν]]); οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ αἰῶνος [[τούτου]] those [[who]] in the [[present]] [[age]] ([[see]] [[αἰών]], 3) by [[nobility]] of [[birth]], [[learning]] and Wisdom of Solomon, [[power]] and [[authority]], [[wield]] the greatest [[influence]], [[whether]] [[among]] Jews or Gentles, [[ἄρχων]] τῆς συναγωγῆς, cf. [[ἀρχισυνάγωγος]]), and [[perhaps]] [[also]] [[ἄρχων]] τῶν Φαρισαίων, [[one]] [[who]] has [[great]] [[influence]] [[among]] the Pharisees, ὁ) [[ἄρχων]] τῶν δαιμονίων, ὁ [[ἄρχων]] τοῦ κόσμου, the [[ruler]] of the [[irreligious]] [[mass]] of [[mankind]], הָעולָה שַׂר; [[ἄρχων]] τοῦ αἰῶνος [[τούτου]], Ignatius, ad Ephesians 19,1 [ET] (ad Magn. 1,3 [ET]); [[ἄρχων]] τοῦ καιροῦ τῆς ἀνομίας, the Epistle of Barnabas 18,2 [ET]); τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος, [[ἀήρ]]). (See Hort in Dict. of Chris. Biog., [[under]] the [[word]] Archon.)