Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A high official; a ruler.
- noun One of the nine principal magistrates of ancient Athens.
- noun An authoritative figure; a leader.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A chief magistrate of some states in ancient Greece, and particularly Athens.
- noun In the Byzantine empire: One of a number of great court officers.
- noun A title assumed by the Frankish barons who established themselves in Greece after the fourth crusade, in the thirteenth century.
- noun In modern Greece, a person in authority, as a magistrate, a presiding officer of some societies, etc.
- noun Any ruler or governor.
- noun In various Gnostic systems, one of several spiritual powers superior to angels, believed to be the rulers of the several heavens.
- noun In zoology, the human animal; man, as a member of the group Archontia.
- noun In entomology: A genus of lepidopterous insects.
- noun A genus of coleopterous insects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Antiq.) One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preëminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A chief
magistrate of ancient Athens. - noun A
ruler , head of state or otherleader . - noun Gnosticism A supernatural being subordinate to the
Demiurge .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the New Testament the Greek word archon, rendered
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Eponymus, that is, the archon who gives his name to the year.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839
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Nicodemus was an "archon" of the Jews, which is used in the NT of someone in almost any position of leadership, from judges (Luke 12: 58) to synagogue officials (Luke 8: 41) to any kind of political leader (Acts 16: 19).
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Nicodemus was an "archon" of the Jews, which is used in the NT of someone in almost any position of leadership, from judges (Luke 12: 58) to synagogue officials (Luke 8: 41) to any kind of political leader (Acts 16: 19).
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Nicodemus was an "archon" of the Jews, which is used in the NT of someone in almost any position of leadership, from judges (Luke 12: 58) to synagogue officials (Luke 8: 41) to any kind of political leader (Acts 16: 19).
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Nicodemus was an "archon" of the Jews, which is used in the NT of someone in almost any position of leadership, from judges (Luke 12: 58) to synagogue officials (Luke 8: 41) to any kind of political leader (Acts 16: 19).
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Nicodemus was an "archon" of the Jews, which is used in the NT of someone in almost any position of leadership, from judges (Luke 12: 58) to synagogue officials (Luke 8: 41) to any kind of political leader (Acts 16: 19).
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] MBack 2009
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Though believed defeated, the archon Dyo and the revenant William reappear in Sarajevo, guiding the hand of a terrorist who will plunge Europe into flames.
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If you place your zealot above a lurker, and your archon attacks the zealot, will the splash affect the lurker?
Dreiven vs Mondragon Set 2 @ ESL Winners Bracket Finals « Esl Videos « Videos « Literacy News 2009
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Dill is the last battle-archon in the service of the temple, an angel who doesn't know how to fly.
Scar Night by Alan Campbell Adam Whitehead 2009
archon commented on the word archon
"A swarm of Jurassic insects and reptiles, allegory of the long terrestrial migrations the Pendulum was tracing, aimed at me like angry archons with their their long archeoptrix-beaks"
....Focault's Pendulum
December 10, 2012