ἄρχων, -οντος, ὁ
(pres. ptcp. of ἄρχω), [in LXX for נשׂא, רֹאשׁ, שַׂר, etc.;]
a ruler, chief: Jesus, Re 1:5; rulers of nations, Mt 20:25, Ac 4:267:35; magistrates, Ac 23:5, Ro 13:3; judges, Lk 12:58, Ac 7:27, 3516:19; members of the Sanhedrin, Lk 14:123:13, 3524:20, Jo 3:17:26, 4812:42, Ac 3:174:5, 813:2714:5; rulers of synagogues, Mt 9:18, 23, Lk 8:4118:18; οἱ ἄ. τ. αἰῶνος τούτου, I Co 2:6, 8; of the devil: ἄ. τῶν δαιμονίων, Mt 9:3412:24, Mk 3:22, Lk 11:15; ὁ ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου, Jo 12:3114:3016:11; ἄ. τ. ἐξουσίας τ. ἀέρος, Eph 2:2 (MM, s.v.; DB, iii, 838; Ext., 99 f; DCG, ii, 419; DCG, s.v. Archon).†