ἄρχων

ἄρχων, -οντος, ὁ

(present ptcp. of ἄρχω), [in LXX for נָשִׂיא., רֹאשׁ, שַׂר, etc. ;]

a ruler, chief: Jesus, Åb 1,5 rulers of nations, Matt 20,25, ApG 4,26; 7,35; magistrates, ApG 23,5, Rom 13,3; judges, Luk 12,58, ApG 7,27, 35; 16,19; members of the Sanhedrin, Luk 14,1; 23,13, 35; 24,20, Joh 3,1; 7,26, 48; 12,42, ApG 3,17; 4,5, 8; 13,27; 14,5; rulers of synagogues, Matt 9,18, 23, Luk 8,41; 18,18; οἱ ἄ. τ. αἰῶνος τούτου, 1 Kor 2,6-8; of the devil: ἄ. τῶν δαιμονίων, Matt 9,34; 12,24, Mark 3,22, Luk 11,15; ὁ ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου, Joh 12,31; 14,30; 16,11; ἄ. τ. ἐξουσίας τ. ἀέρος, Ef 2,2 (MM, see word; DB, iii, 838; Ext., 99 f; DCG, ii, 419; DCG, see word Archon).†