ἄρχων
archōn
ruler
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredAccording to the provided data, the Greek word ἄρχων (G0758) is defined as a "ruler" and appears 37 times in the Bible. This suggests that the concept of ruling or authority is significant in the narrative and message of the Bible. The word ἄρχων can be used to describe various forms of power and authority, from government officials to leaders within social and economic systems. Its frequency of occurrence in the Bible implies that the themes of governance, leadership, and authority are prominent throughout the text. The word does not convey inherent moral value or connotations beyond its literal definition. In biblical contexts, ἄρχων is used to describe both positive and negative figures, indicating that the concept of ruling can be neutral or even morally ambiguous. This word may also serve as a synonym for other terms related to power and authority, such as κυβερνήτης (G2924) or δεσπότης (G1203).
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Occurrences in Scripture
37 total occurrences across the text
While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
Matthew 9:23When Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,
Matthew 9:34But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”
Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
Matthew 20:25But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
Mark 3:22The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.”
Luke 8:41Behold, a man named Jairus came. He was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet, and begged him to come into his house,
Luke 11:15But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
Luke 12:58For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
Luke 14:1When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
Luke 18:18A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
Luke 23:13Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
Luke 23:35The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”
John 3:1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
John 7:48Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.
John 12:42Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,
John 14:30I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.
John 16:11about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
Acts 3:17“Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
Acts 4:5In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Acts 4:26The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’
Acts 7:27But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
Acts 7:35“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Acts 7:35“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Acts 13:27For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
Acts 14:5When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
Acts 16:19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
Acts 23:5Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”
Romans 13:3For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the authority,
1 Corinthians 2:6We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.
1 Corinthians 2:8which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.
Ephesians 2:2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.
Luke 24:20and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
John 7:26Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—