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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4173. πολιτάρχης (politarchés) -- City official, ruler of a city</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4173.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/28-11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4173.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4173</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4172.htm" title="4172">◄</a> 4173. politarchés <a href="../greek/4174.htm" title="4174">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">politarchés: City official, ruler of a city</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">πολιτάρχης</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>politarchés<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>po-lee-TAR-khace<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(pol-it-ar'-khace)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>City official, ruler of a city<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a ruler of a city, city magistrate.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek words πολίτης (polites, meaning "citizen") and ἄρχω (archo, meaning "to rule" or "to lead").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "politarchés" as it is a term specific to the Greco-Roman context. However, similar roles in the Hebrew context might be associated with terms like שַׂר (sar, meaning "prince" or "official") or שׁוֹפֵט (shofet, meaning "judge").<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "politarchés" refers to a city official or magistrate, specifically a ruler or leader within a city. It denotes a person who holds authority and governance over civic matters. In the context of the New Testament, it is used to describe local authorities in a city who were responsible for maintaining order and implementing laws.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The term "politarchés" is unique to the New Testament and is not found in classical Greek literature. It is, however, confirmed by inscriptions discovered in Thessalonica and other Macedonian cities, indicating that it was a specific title used for city officials in the Roman province of Macedonia. These officials were responsible for the administration of the city and played a crucial role in maintaining Roman order and governance.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/4172.htm">polis</a> and <a href="/greek/757.htm">archó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>the ruler of a city<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>city authorities (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4173: πολιτάρχης</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πολιτάρχης</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πολιταρχου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (i. e. <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">ἄρχων</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">πολιτῶν</span>; see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἑκατοντάρχης</span></span>), <span class="accented">a ruler of a city or citizens</span>: <a href="/interlinear/acts/17-6.htm">Acts 17:6, 8</a>. (Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions Graec. ii., p. 52f no. 1967 (cf. Boeckh's note, and <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> Proleg., p. 86 note 2); in Greek writings <span class="greek2">πολίαρχος</span> was more common.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>ruler of the city. <p>From <a href="/greek/4172.htm">polis</a> and <a href="/greek/757.htm">archo</a>; a town-officer, i.e. Magistrate -- ruler of the city. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4172.htm">polis</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/757.htm">archo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>πολιταρχας πολιτάρχας politarchas politárchas<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/17-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 17:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/17.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τοὺς <b>πολιτάρχας</b> βοῶντες ὅτι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> before <span class="itali">the city authorities,</span> shouting,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto <span class="itali">the rulers of the city,</span> crying,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/17-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> before the <span class="itali">city authorities</span> crying out<p><b><a href="/text/acts/17-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 17:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/17.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τοὺς <b>πολιτάρχας</b> ἀκούοντας ταῦτα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> up the crowd <span class="itali">and the city authorities</span> who heard<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">the rulers of the city,</span> when they heard<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/17-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">city authorities</span> hearing these things<p><b><a href="/greek/4173.htm">Strong's Greek 4173</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4173.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/politarchas_4173.htm">πολιτάρχας — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4172.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4172"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4172" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4174.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4174"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4174" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>