Strong G747ἀρχηγός
founder
- Transliteration
- archēgos
- Pronunciation
- ar-khay-gos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀρχηγός, -όν
[in LXX for רֹאשׁ, נָשִׂיא etc.;]
beginning, originating: more freq., as subst.;
1. founder, author (Lat. auchor; so sometimes in π., see MM, see word; Milligan, NTD, 75): Act.3:15 (R, mg.), Heb.2:10 (R, txt.; but see Westc., in l, and Page, Ac., l.with).
2. prince, leader (so in MGr., see Kennedy, Sources, 153): Act.3:15 (R, txt.) Act.5:31, Heb.2:10 (cf. R, mg.) 122 (Cremer, 117).†
(AS)
[in LXX for רֹאשׁ, נָשִׂיא etc.;]
beginning, originating: more freq., as subst.;
1. founder, author (Lat. auchor; so sometimes in π., see MM, see word; Milligan, NTD, 75): Act.3:15 (R, mg.), Heb.2:10 (R, txt.; but see Westc., in l, and Page, Ac., l.with).
2. prince, leader (so in MGr., see Kennedy, Sources, 153): Act.3:15 (R, txt.) Act.5:31, Heb.2:10 (cf. R, mg.) 122 (Cremer, 117).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G747 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- prince2
- author1
- captain1
First verses
- Acts 3:15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
- Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
- Hebrews 2:10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
- Hebrews 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀρχηγός,
Doric dialect ἀρχᾱγός, όν, beginning, originating, λόγος ἀρχηγὸς κακῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 881)]; primary, leading, chief, Τροίας ἀ. τιμάς[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 196 (Lyric poetry); δύο φλέβες ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 666b25.)]
II as substantive, founder, of a tutelary hero, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 60)]; as feminine, ancestral heroine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8.51; τοῦ γένους 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.28, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.56; τῆς πόλεως θεὸς ἀ. τίς ἐστιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 21e)]; founder of a family, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1162a4.)]
II.2 prince, chief, Δία ἀ. θεῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.179, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 259)]; chief captain, leader, Ἑλλάνων[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 138; Βεβρύκων 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.110; ἀ. ἱερέων “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 6798 (from Dijon), compare 2882 (Milet.).)]
II.3 first cause, originator, κοπίδων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 81; πράγματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.4, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.101; συγχύσεως “SIG” 684.8 (Dyme, 2nd c.BC))]; φόνου[NT+4th c.BC+ (“POxy.” 1241 iii 35; σωτηρίας NT.Heb.2.10; Θαλῆς ὁ τῆς τοιαύτης ἀ. φιλοσοφίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 983b20; τῆς τέχνης 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.14; τὸ ἀ.)]the originating power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 401d, compare “Sph.” 243d)]; primary, fundamental, ἀρχηγὸν ἡ φωνή[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2.19.)]
Doric dialect ἀρχᾱγός, όν, beginning, originating, λόγος ἀρχηγὸς κακῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 881)]; primary, leading, chief, Τροίας ἀ. τιμάς[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 196 (Lyric poetry); δύο φλέβες ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 666b25.)]
II as substantive, founder, of a tutelary hero, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 60)]; as feminine, ancestral heroine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8.51; τοῦ γένους 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.28, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.56; τῆς πόλεως θεὸς ἀ. τίς ἐστιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 21e)]; founder of a family, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1162a4.)]
II.2 prince, chief, Δία ἀ. θεῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.179, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 259)]; chief captain, leader, Ἑλλάνων[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 138; Βεβρύκων 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.110; ἀ. ἱερέων “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 6798 (from Dijon), compare 2882 (Milet.).)]
II.3 first cause, originator, κοπίδων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 81; πράγματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.4, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.101; συγχύσεως “SIG” 684.8 (Dyme, 2nd c.BC))]; φόνου[NT+4th c.BC+ (“POxy.” 1241 iii 35; σωτηρίας NT.Heb.2.10; Θαλῆς ὁ τῆς τοιαύτης ἀ. φιλοσοφίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 983b20; τῆς τέχνης 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.14; τὸ ἀ.)]the originating power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 401d, compare “Sph.” 243d)]; primary, fundamental, ἀρχηγὸν ἡ φωνή[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2.19.)]