GreekG4173Noun (Masculine)
πολιτάρχης
politarchēs
“city authority”
2Occurrences
G4173Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a town-officer, i.e. magistrate
from G4172 (πόλις) and G757 (ἄρχω);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
= *πολίαρχος *(Pind., Eur.), the ruler of a city, a politarch: (see MM, xx).
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
G:N-M
Full Description
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
πολιτάρχης appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Acts
2
Key Passages
Acts 17:6BSB
But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
Acts 17:8BSB
On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
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