Strong's Concordance ethnarchés: an ethnarch, a governor (not king) of a province Original Word: ἐθνάρχης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: ethnarchés Phonetic Spelling: (eth-nar'-khace) Definition: an ethnarch, a governor (not king) of a province Usage: an ethnarch, tribal lord, a subordinate ruler. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ethnos and archó Definition an ethnarch, a governor (not king) of a province NASB Translation ethnarch (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1481: ἐθνάρχηςἐθνάρχης, ἐθναρχου, ὁ (from ἔθνος and ἄρχω), (equivalent to founder of a nation, Philo,quis rer. div. her. § 56), an ethnarch, one set over a people as ruler, but without the authority and name of king (Lucian, in Macrobius, § 17 ἀντί ἐθναρχου βασιλεύς ἀναγορευθεις Βοσπορου; so the governor whom the Alexandrian Jews used to have was called ἐθνάρχης, of whom Josephus says, Antiquities 14, 7, 2, ὅς διοικεῖ τέ τό ἔθνος καί δίαιτα κρίσεις καί συμβολαιων ἐπιμελειται καί προσταγμάτων, ὡς ἄνπολιτείας ἄρχων ἀυτοτελους; likewise Simon Maccabaeus, 1 Macc. 14:47 1 Macc. 15:1, 2; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 6, 6; cf. (19, 5, 2); b. j. 2, 6, 3): 2 Corinthians 11:32 ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἁρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως, the governor of Damascene Syria, ruling in the name of king Aretas ((which see); cf. B. D. under the word Strong's Exhaustive Concordance ethnarch. From ethnos and arche; the governor (not king) of a district -- ethnarch. see GREEK ethnos see GREEK arche Forms and Transliterations εθναρχης εθνάρχης ἐθνάρχης ethnarches ethnarchēs ethnárches ethnárchēsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |