noun · masculine

archēgos

Greekἀρχηγός (archēgos)

Strong’sG747

originator, author, founder

stem archēg-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

author3×leader1×

What it means

ἀρχηγός, -όν,

[in LXX for רֹאשׁ, נָשִׂיא etc.;]

beginning, originating: more freq., as subst.;

1. founder, author (Lat. auchor; so sometimes in π., v. MM, s.v.; Milligan, NTD, 75): Ac 3:15 (R, mg.), He 2:10 (R, txt.; but v. Westc., in l., and Page, Ac 3:15).

2. prince, leader (so in MGr., v. Kennedy, Sources, 153): Ac 3:15 (R, txt.) 5:31, He 2:10 (cf. R, mg.) 12:2 (Cremer, 117).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G747 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidar-khay-gos'

a chief leader

Fromfrom G746 and G71;

King Jamesauthor, captain, prince.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	archēgos	archēgois
object accusative	archēgon4×ἀρχηγὸν	archēgoin
direct address vocative	archēgor	archēgoir
of, belonging to genitive	archēgou	archēgoiu
to, for dative	archēgo	archēgoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

archēgstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

archēgo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

archēgon“author”objectaccusative singular4×

Acts 3:15“author”ton de archēgon tau zōau apokteinava, hon tos theos egeirata ek nekroiu, hou nis marturois anō.You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.

Acts 5:31“leader”houton tos theos archēgon kai sōtēron hupsata ta dexa autou, teu dōara metanoian to Israēl kai afesian hamartaiu;God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

Hebrews 2:10“author”Prepate gar auto, dia hon teim panteim kai dia hou teim panteim, polloin huioin eis doxan agaraton ton archēgon tau sōtērēau autoiu dia pathēmeiu teleiara.In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

Hebrews 12:2“author”aforarōtois eis ton tau pistiau archēgon kai teleiōton Iēsun, hos anti tau prokeierōtau auto charau hupomenata stauron aischunau katafronaratos, en dexa tē tou thronou tou theou kathizatē.Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.