What does ἄρχων · Φαρισαῖος mean in the Bible?
ἄρχων · Φαρισαῖος is a Greek phrase meaning "one of the rulers/leaders of the Pharisees".
Greek · G758, G5330
τινος τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν Φαρισαίων
A first (in rank or power) · a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
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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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Φαρισαῖος G5330 a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
Pronunciation Pharisaîos
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What does τινος τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν Φαρισαίων (tinos tōn archontōn tōn Pharisaiōn) mean in the Bible?
ἄρχων · Φαρισαῖος is a Greek phrase meaning "one of the rulers/leaders of the Pharisees".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G758, G5330?
G758, G5330 is connected to 37 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. one of the rulers/leaders of the Pharisees
Source Gloss
one of the rulers/leaders of the Pharisees
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
τινος τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν Φαρισαίων is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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