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Strong's #1481 - ἐθνάρχης
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- an ethnarch, one set over a people as ruler, but without the authority and name of a king
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ἐθν-άρχης, ου, ὁ,
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1. ruler of a tribe or nation, Ἄσανδρος ἀντὶ ἐθνάρχου βασιλεὺς ἀναγορευθεὶς βοσπόρου Luc. Macr. 17; sheikh, OGI 616.2 (Arabia); of Abraham, Ph. 1.513.
2. title of Jewish official, LXX 1 Maccabees 14:47, Str. 17.1.13, Nic.Dam. p.143 D., 2 Corinthians 11:32, J. AJ 13.6.7.
II Adj., ruling over nations, ἐ. θεοί Jul. Gal. 115d, cf. 143a.
ἐθνάρχης, ἐθναρχου, 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 ἀντί ἐθναρχου βασιλεύς ἀναγορευθεις Βοσπορου; so the governor whom the Alexandrian Jews used to have was called ἐθνάρχης, of whom Josephus says, Antiquities 14, 7, 2, ὅς διοικεῖ τέ τό ἔθνος καί δίαιτα κρίσεις καί συμβολαιων ἐπιμελειται καί προσταγμάτων, ὡς ἄν πολιτείας ἄρχων ἀυτοτελους; 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 Ἁρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως, the governor of Damascene Syria, ruling in the name of king Aretas ((which see); cf. B. D. under the word
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**† ἐθνάρχης , -ου , ὁ
(< ἔθνος , ἄρχω ),
[in LXX: 1 Maccabees 14:47; 1 Maccabees 15:1-2 *;]
an ethnarch, a provincial governor (cf. 1 Mac, ll. c.; FlJ, Ant., xiii, 6, 6; Dalman, 332): 2 Corinthians 11:32.†
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For the technical uses of this title, which in 2 Corinthians 11:32 occurs in the more general sense of a deputy governor or subordinate ruler, see Hohlwein L’ Égypte Romaine, p. 207; also Lumbroso in Archiv i. p. 66 f.
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