ἀρχηγός
archēgós · G747 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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initiator, founder, originator
One who causes something to begin
ExamplesActs 3:15 but put to death the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.
Hebrews 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the originator of their salvation through sufferings.
Hebrews 12:2 looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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pioneer leader, founding leader
A person who as originator or founder of a movement continues as the leader
ExamplesActs 5:31 “He is the One whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Hebrews 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the originator of their salvation through sufferings.
Hebrews 12:2 looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ζωήlife 1
- πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
- σωτηρίαsalvation 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἸησοῦςJesus 1
- καθίζωto sit 1
- ὑπομένωto endure, to remain 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- τελειόωto make perfect, to complete 1
- ἀποκτείνωto kill 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὑψόωto lift up, to exalt 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- רֹאשׁ rôʼsh · H7218 · head, beginning
- רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, H7218) רֹאשׁ denotes physical or positional headship (literal head, top, beginning) with metaphorical extension to leadership roles, while ἀρχηγός (archēgós, G747) ἀρχηγός specifically denotes a founder, originator, or chief leader emphasizing the initiating/pioneering aspect of leadership rather than mere positional primacy.
- קָצִין qâtsîyn · H7101 · chief, leader
- Hebrew קָצִין (captain, guide, prince, ruler) serves as a direct cross-linguistic equivalent denoting military or civil leadership roles, overlapping substantially with Greek ἀρχηγός's semantic range of authoritative leader or chief.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Pioneer leader, founding leader36.6
- In Acts 5:31, Peter declares that God exalted Jesus “to His right hand as a Prince (archēgón) and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins,” naming His leading, ruling role over His people.
- Initiator, founder, originator68.2
- In Hebrews 2:10, the writer speaks of God “in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the originator (archēgón) of their salvation through sufferings,” naming Christ as the one through whom salvation itself began.
Word family 24 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀρχηγόν, adjective, leading, furnishing the first cause or occasion: Euripides, Hipp.…
1. the chief leader, prince: of Christ, Acts 5:31; (Aeschylus Ag. 259; Thucydides 1, 132;. The Sept. Isa 3:5; 2 Chr 23:14, and often).
2. "one that takes the lead in anything (1 Macc. 10:47, ἀρχηγός λόγων εἰρηνικῶν) and thus affords an example, a predecessor in a matter": τῆς πίστεως, of Christ, Heb 12:2 (who in the prominence of his faith far surpassed the examples of faith commemorated in Hebrews 11) (others bring this under the next head; yet cf. Kurtz at the passage). So ἀρχηγός ἁμαρτίας, Mic 1:13; ζήλους, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 14, 1 [ET]; τῆς στάσεως καί διχοστασίας, ibid. 51, 1; τῆς ἀποστασιας, of the devil, Irenaeus 4, 40, 1; τοιαυτης φιλοσοφίας, of Thales, Aristotle, met. 1, 3, 7 (p. 983{b} 20). Hence,
3. the author: τῆς ζωῆς, Acts 3:15; τῆς σωτηρίας, Heb 2:10. (Often so in secular authors: τῶν πάντων, of God (Plato) Tim. Locr., p. 96 c.; τοῦ γένους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, of God, Diodorus 5, 72; ἀρχηγός καί αἴτιος, leader and author, are often joined, as Polybius 1, 66, 10; Herodian, 2, 6, 22 (14, Bekker edition)). Cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. ii. 1, p. 301f.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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