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Lexicon :: Strong's G1481 - ethnarchēs

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ἐθνάρχης
Transliteration
ethnarchēs (Key)
Pronunciation
eth-nar'-khace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐθνάρχης ethnárchēs, eth-nar'-khace; from G1484 and G746; the governor (not king) of a district:—ethnarch.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1481 in the following manner: governor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1481 in the following manner: governor (1x).
  1. an ethnarch, one set over a people as ruler, but without the authority and name of a king

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐθνάρχης ethnárchēs, eth-nar'-khace; from G1484 and G746; the governor (not king) of a district:—ethnarch.
STRONGS G1481:
ἐθνάρχης, -ου, , (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 ἀντὶ ἐθναρχου βασιλεὺς ἀναγορευθεὶς Βοσπόρου; so the governor whom the Alexandrian Jews used to have was called ἐθνάρχης, of whom Josephus says, Antiquities 14, 7, 2, ὃς διοικεῖ τε τὸ ἔθνος καὶ δίαιτᾷ κρίσεις καὶ συμβολαίων ἐπιμελεῖται καὶ προσταγμάτων, ὡς ἄν πολιτείας ἄρχων αὐτοτελοῦς; 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 ἐθνάρχης Ἀρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως, the governor of Damascene Syria, ruling in the name of king Aretas [(which see); cf. B. D. under the word Governor, 11].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Corinthians
11:32

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1481 matches the Greek ἐθνάρχης (ethnarchēs),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:32 - In Damascus the governor G1481 under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
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