STRONGS G1481:
ἐθνάρχης,
-ου,
ὁ, (from
ἔθνος and
ἄρχω), [equivalent to founder of a nation, Philo,
quis rer. div. her. § 56],
an ethnarch, one set over a people as ruler, but without the authority and name of king (Lucian, in
Macrobius, § 17
ἀντὶ ἐθναρχου βασιλεὺς ἀναγορευθεὶς Βοσπόρου; so the governor whom the Alexandrian Jews used to have was called
ἐθνάρχης, of whom Josephus says, Antiquities 14, 7, 2,
ὃς διοικεῖ τε τὸ ἔθνος καὶ δίαιτᾷ κρίσεις καὶ συμβολαίων ἐπιμελεῖται καὶ προσταγμάτων,
ὡς ἄν πολιτείας ἄρχων αὐτοτελοῦς; likewise Simon Maccabaeus, 1 Macc. 14:47; 1 Macc. 15:1, 2; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 6, 6; cf. [19, 5, 2];
b. j. 2, 6, 3):
2 Corinthians 11:32 ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἀρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως, the governor of Damascene Syria, ruling in the name of king Aretas [(which see); cf.
B. D. under the word Governor, 11].
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