Word Summary
politarchēs: the ruler of a city
Original Word: πολιτάρχηςTransliteration: politarchēs
Phonetic Spelling: (pol-it-ar'-khace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: the ruler of a city
Meaning: the ruler of a city
Strong's Concordance
ruler of the city.
From polis and archo; a town-officer, i.e. Magistrate -- ruler of the city.
see GREEK polis
see GREEK archo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4173: πολιτάρχηςπολιτάρχης,
πολιταρχου,
ὁ (i. e.
ὁ ἄρχων τῶν πολιτῶν; see
ἑκατοντάρχης),
a ruler of a city or citizens:
Acts 17:6, 8. (Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions Graec. ii., p. 52f no. 1967 (cf. Boeckh's note, and
Tdf. Proleg., p. 86 note 2); in Greek writings
πολίαρχος was more common.)