What does ἀρχισυνάγωγος (archisynágōgos) mean in the Bible?
ἀρχισυνάγωγος (archisynágōgos): Administrative leader responsible for organizing synagogue worship and maintaining synagogue order and discipline
Greek · G752
ἀρχισυνάγωγος
Director of the synagogue services
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ἀρχισυνάγωγος G752
Pronunciation archisynágōgos
What does ἀρχισυνάγωγος (archisynágōgos) mean in the Bible?
ἀρχισυνάγωγος (archisynágōgos): Administrative leader responsible for organizing synagogue worship and maintaining synagogue order and discipline
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G752?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include synagogue leader (4), the synagogue leader (2), [Jairus] (1), [the house of Jairus] (1), synagogue leaders (1).
Where does ἀρχισυνάγωγος (archisynágōgos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 5:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (4), Acts (3), Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It synagogue leader 4× Mark 5:22, Luke 13:14, Acts 18:8, Acts 18:17
the synagogue leader 2× Mark 5:38, Luke 8:49
[Jairus] 1× Mark 5:36
[the house of Jairus] 1× Mark 5:35
synagogue leaders 1× Acts 13:15
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 5:22 ἀρχισυναγώγων to synagogue leader Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Mark 5:35 ἀρχισυναγώγου to [the house of Jairus] Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Mark 5:36 ἀρχισυναγώγῳ to [Jairus] Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Mark 5:38 ἀρχισυναγώγου to the synagogue leader Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 8:49 ἀρχισυναγώγου to the synagogue leader Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 13:14 ἀρχισυνάγωγος to synagogue leader Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 13:15 ἀρχισυνάγωγοι to synagogue leaders Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 18:8 ἀρχισυνάγωγος to synagogue leader Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 18:17 ἀρχισυνάγωγον to synagogue leader Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 5:22
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 3
Mark 4 Luke 2 Acts 3
Source forms
ἀρχισυναγώγου 3x archisynagōgou Mark 5:35, Mark 5:38, Luke 8:49
ἀρχισυνάγωγος 2x archisynagōgos Luke 13:14, Acts 18:8
ἀρχισυνάγωγοι 1x archisynagōgoi Acts 13:15
ἀρχισυνάγωγον 1x archisynagōgon Acts 18:17
ἀρχισυναγώγῳ 1x archisynagōgō Mark 5:36
ἀρχισυναγώγων 1x archisynagōgōn Mark 5:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 3x Mark 5:35, Mark 5:38, Luke 8:49
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Luke 13:14, Acts 18:8
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 18:17
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 5:36
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Mark 5:22
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 13:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Administrative leader responsible for organizing synagogue worship and maintaining synagogue order and discipline
Strong's G752
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 6 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Mark 5:22 Source Gloss
director of the synagogue services
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Administrative leader responsible for organizing synagogue worship and maintaining synagogue order and discipline
(συναγωγή), ruler of a synagogue, an administrative officer, supervising the worship (הַכְּנֵםֶת רֹאשׁ): Mrk.5:22, 35-36 5:38 Luk.8:49 13:14, Act.13:15 18:8, 17 (Inscr., see MM, see word; cf. also DB, ext., 101).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 5:22 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἀρχισυναγώγων, arcisunagwgwn
a leader of the synagogue
Read verse Mark 5:35 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀρχισυναγώγου, arcisunagwgou
a leader of the synagogue
Read verse Mark 5:36 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἀρχισυναγώγῳ, arcisunagwgw
a leader of the synagogue
Read verse Mark 5:38 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀρχισυναγώγου, arcisunagwgou
a leader of the synagogue
Read verse Luke 8:49 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀρχισυναγώγου, arcisunagwgou
a leader of the synagogue
Read verse Luke 13:14 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀρχισυνάγωγος, arcisunagwgov
a leader of the synagogue
Read verse Acts 13:15 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀρχισυνάγωγοι arcisunagwgoi
a leader of the synagogue
Read verse Acts 18:8 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀρχισυνάγωγος arcisunagwgov
a leader of the synagogue
Read verse Acts 18:17 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀρχισυνάγωγον arcisunagwgon
a leader of the synagogue
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Administrative official approaching Jesus to request healing for his daughter
Synagogue officer whose servant reports to him about the death of his daughter
Synagogue administrator objecting to Jesus healing on the Sabbath day
Synagogue officer Crispus who believes in the Lord with his entire household
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀρχισυνάγωγος is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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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