noun · masculine
ethnarchos
Greekἐθνάρχης (ethnarchēs)
Strong’sG1481
an ethnarch, tribal lord
stem ethnarch-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
**† ἐθνάρχης, -ου, ὁ
(< ἔθνος, ἄρχω), [in LXX: I Mac 14:47 15:1, 2 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1481 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ethnarchos1×ἐθνάρχης | ethnarchois |
| object accusative | ethnarchon | ethnarchoin |
| direct address vocative | ethnarchor | ethnarchoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | ethnarchou | ethnarchoiu |
| to, for dative | ethnarcho | ethnarchoi |
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
ethnarcho 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
ethnarchos“governor”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Corinthians 11:32“governor”en Damaska tos ethnarchos Haretaou tou basilevou frourate tan politan Damaskēnoiu piazara min,In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.