Dictionary entry

δυνάστης

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δυνάστης, -ου, ὁ

(< δύναμαι), [in LXX for גִּבּוֹר, עָרִיץ, בַּיִת, etc.;]

a prince, ruler, potentate: Lk 1:52; of God (Si 46:5, 16, II Mac 15:3), I Ti 6:15; of a high official (cf. δυνάσται Φαραώ, Ge 50:4), Ac 8:27 (Cremer, 221).†