ἀρχηγός
archēgos · author, leader
Greek word · Strong’s number G747 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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archēgos (ἀρχηγός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “author, leader”.
Author, founder; leader, prince: one who begins something and leads others in it.
How to say it
ar·chē·gos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One who begins something and guides others.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- founder ×2
- Author ×1
- as Leader ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 3:15
and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
- Acts 5:31
Him God exalted to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give Israel a change of mind 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 make the founder of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
- Hebrews 12:2
looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before him endured a cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.