Ἀρχισυναγωγός

synagogue-head

Translated by William Hutton25 Mar 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] the chief-leader [of it].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀρχισυναγωγός· ὁ ἀρχηγός.

Betacode

*)arxisunagwgo/s: o( a)rxhgo/s.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon.
The headword occurs frequently, in this sense, in the Gospels and elsewhere in the New Testament. (The term is used also, without religious connotations, for the head of a guild or company: see LSJ s.v.)