What does ἀρχισυνάγωγος · συναγωγή mean in the Bible?
ἀρχισυνάγωγος · συναγωγή is a Greek phrase meaning "ruler or leader of the synagogue".
Greek · G752, G4864
ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς
Director of the synagogue services · synagogue
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ἀρχισυνάγωγος G752 director of the synagogue services
Pronunciation archisynágōgos
Administrative leader responsible for organizing synagogue worship and maintaining synagogue order and discipline
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συναγωγή G4864 synagogue
Pronunciation synagōgḗ
Assembly of Jews gathered for worship; also the building itself where this religious community met.
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What does ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς (archōn tēs synagōgēs) mean in the Bible?
ἀρχισυνάγωγος · συναγωγή is a Greek phrase meaning "ruler or leader of the synagogue".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G752, G4864?
G752, G4864 is connected to 9 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. ruler or leader of the synagogue
Source Gloss
ruler or leader of the synagogue
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (7)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 13:14 · Acts 18:8 2×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 13:15 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Mark 5:35 · Mark 5:38 · Luke 8:49 3×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Mark 5:22 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Mark 5:36 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 18:17 1×
Word Origins
ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain