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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἀρχισυνάγωγος

ἀρχισυνάγωγος

G752

Transliteration: archisynágōgos

Pronunciation: ar-khee-soon-ag'-o-gos

Definition: ruler of the synagogue


- Original: ἀρχισυνάγωγος

- Transliteration: Archisunagogos

- Phonetic: ar-khee-soon-ag'-o-gos

- Definition:

1. ruler of the synagogue. It was his duty to select the readers or teachers in the synagogue, to examine the discourses of the public speakers, and to see that all things were done with decency and in accordance with ancestral usage.

- Origin: from G746" class="dictionary-topic-link">G746 and G4864" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4864

- TDNT entry: 20:04,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From G746" class="dictionary-topic-link">G746 and G4864" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4864; director of the synagogue services: - (chief) ruler of the synagogue.


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