ἄρχων árchōn

Meaning

a first (in rank or power)

In the King James Version: chief (ruler), magistrate, prince, ruler

Derivation: present participle of G757 (ἄρχω);

Where it is used

• Matthew 9:18 While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
• Matthew 9:23 When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
• Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”
• Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
• Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
• Mark 3:22 And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
• Luke 8:41 Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,
• Luke 11:15 but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”
• Luke 12:58 Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
• Luke 14:1 One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
• Luke 18:18 Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Luke 23:13 Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
• Luke 23:35 The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
• Luke 24:20 Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
• John 3:1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
• John 7:26 Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
• John 7:48 “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
• John 12:31 Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.
• John 12:42 Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
• John 14:30 I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
• John 16:11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
• Acts 3:17 And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
• Acts 4:5 The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
• Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
• Acts 4:26 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
• Acts 7:27 But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
• Acts 7:35 This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
• Acts 13:27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
• Acts 14:5 But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
• Acts 16:19 When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
• Acts 23:5 “Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
• Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
• 1 Corinthians 2:6 Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
• 1 Corinthians 2:8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
• Ephesians 2:2 in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
• Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,