ἄρχων

árchōn · Greek · Strong's G758 · 37 occurrences

The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “chief”

What it means

a first (in rank or power)

present participle of G757 (ἄρχω);

How the KJV renders it

chief, magistrate, prince, ruler

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“chief”

also renders prōtos (G4413), chilíarchos (G5506), hēgéomai (G2233), ʼâb (H1), gibbôwr (H1368), nâgîyd (H5057), nâsîyʼ (H5387), pinnâh (H6438), rêʼsh (H7217), rêʼshîyth (H7225), rab (H7229), sar (H8269)

“prince”

also renders archēgós (G747), hēgemṓn (G2232), ʼăchashdarpan (H324), nâgîyd (H5057), nâdîyb (H5081), nᵉçîyk (H5257), nâsîyʼ (H5387), qâtsîyn (H7101), rab (H7227), rabrᵉbân (H7261), râzôwn (H7333), sar (H8269)

“ruler”

also renders kosmokrátōr (G2888), hēgemṓn (G2232), mâgên (H4043), nâgîyd (H5057), nâsîyʼ (H5387), rôʼsh (H7218), shilṭôwn (H7984), sar (H8269)

“magistrate”

also renders archḗ (G746), stratēgós (G4755), shᵉphaṭ (H8200)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

37 occurrences in the Greek text, first 36 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 2:6 N-GPM1 Corinthians 2:8 N-GPMActs 3:17 N-NPMActs 4:5 N-APMActs 4:8 N-VPMActs 4:26 N-NPMActs 7:27 N-ASMActs 7:35 N-ASMActs 13:27 N-NPMActs 14:5 N-DPMActs 16:19 N-APMActs 23:5 N-ASMEphesians 2:2 N-ASMJohn 3:1 N-NSMJohn 7:26 N-NPMJohn 7:48 N-GPMJohn 12:31 N-NSMJohn 12:42 N-GPMJohn 14:30 N-NSMJohn 16:11 N-NSMLuke 8:41 N-NSMLuke 11:15 N-DSMLuke 12:58 N-ASMLuke 14:1 N-GPMLuke 18:18 N-NSMLuke 23:13 N-APMLuke 23:35 N-NPMLuke 24:20 N-NPMMatthew 9:18 N-NSMMatthew 9:23 N-GSMMatthew 9:34 N-DSMMatthew 12:24 N-DSMMatthew 20:25 N-NPMMark 3:22 N-DSMRevelation 1:5 N-NSMRomans 13:3 N-NPM

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.