Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Asiarchs
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
"CHIEF OF ASIA" (Acts 19:31). Officers, like the Roman aediles and Greek leitourgoi , yearly chosen by the cities in that part of Asia of which Ephesus was metropolis, to defray the cost and to undertake all the arrangements of the national games and theatrical sacred spectacles. Only wealthy persons could undertake the office. Each city chose one deputy, and out of the whole number ten were chosen, over whom one presided, selected by the Roman proconsul. The ten probably had the title, as well as the president, pre-eminently called "the Asiarchs." Ex-asiarchs also probably retained the title.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Asiarchs'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/a/asiarchs.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Asiarchs'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/a/asiarchs.html. 1949.
