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πολιτάρχης

politarchēs · city official

Greek word · Strong’s number G4173 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

politarchēs (πολιτάρχης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “city official”.

Politarch: the title of the magistrates of Thessalonica.

How to say it

po·li·tar·chēs

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

  1. The title of those who ruled Thessalonica.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

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Where it appears

  • Acts 17:6

    But not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have upset the inhabited world have come here too,

  • Acts 17:8

    And they stirred up the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.