What does ἄρχων · κόσμος mean in the Bible?
ἄρχων · κόσμος is a Greek phrase meaning "ruler of this world".
Greek · G758, G2889
ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου
A first (in rank or power) · world
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ἄρχων G758 a first (in rank or power)
Pronunciation árchōn
A ruler exercising authority; in NT theology, includes demonic powers opposing God's kingdom.
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κόσμος G2889 world
Pronunciation kósmos
The world as an ordered system, but especially the realm of human affairs hostile to God's kingdom.
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What does ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου (ho archōn tou kosmou toutou) mean in the Bible?
ἄρχων · κόσμος is a Greek phrase meaning "ruler of this world".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G758, G2889?
G758, G2889 is connected to 37 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. ruler of this world
Source Gloss
ruler of this world
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 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 9 Aligned forms 37 Case pattern Nominative (16) Number pattern Singular (19)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:18 · Luke 8:41 · Luke 18:18 · John 3:1 · John 12:31 · John 14:30 · John 16:11 · Rev 1:5 8×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:25 · Luke 23:35 · Luke 24:20 · John 7:26 · Acts 3:17 · Acts 4:26 · Acts 13:27 · Rom 13:3 8×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 14:1 · John 7:48 · John 12:42 · 1 Cor 2:6 · 1 Cor 2:8 5×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:23 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:34 · Matt 12:24 · Mark 3:22 · Luke 11:15 4×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 14:5 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 12:58 · Acts 7:27 · Acts 7:35 · Acts 23:5 · Eph 2:2 6×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 23:13 · Acts 4:5 · Acts 16:19 3×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Acts 4:8 1×
Word Origins
ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου is built from this root:
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