STRONGS NUMBER G4173


Word Summary
politarchēs: the ruler of a city
Original Word: πολιτάρχης
Transliteration: 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: πολιτάρχης

πολιτάρχης, πολιταρχου, (i. e. 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.)