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Strong's G747 ἀρχηγός (archegos)

Archegos means “chief leader” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H747 — aricay (“Arisai”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G747
Language Greek
Linked Usages 34
Books 16

Strong's G747 Quick Answer

Strong's G747 ἀρχηγός (archegos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. archegos (ar-khay-gos') n. 1. a chief leader [from G746 and G71] It has 34 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include prince, captain, and author. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
archegos (ar-khay-gos') n. 1. a chief leader [from G746 and G71]
Usage
34 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
prince, captain, and author

Meaning and Definition

archegos (ar-khay-gos') n. 1. a chief leader [from G746 and G71] KJV: author, captain, prince Root(s): G746, G71

Original Word
ἀρχηγός
Transliteration
archegos
Derivation
Root: ἄγω R1: 746 R2: 71
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G747. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

founder

Usage: ἀρχηγός, -όν [in LXX for רֹאשׁ, נָשִׂיא etc. ;] beginning, originating: more freq., as subst.; __1. founder, author (Lat. auchor; so some­times in π., see MM, see word; Milligan, NTD, 75): Act.3:15 (R, mg.), Heb.2:10 (R, txt.; but see Westc., in l, and Page, Ac., l.with). __2. prince, leader (so in MGr., see Kennedy, Sources, 153): Act.3:15 (R, txt.) Act.5:31, Heb.2:10 (cf. R, mg.) 122 (Cremer, 117).† (AS)

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How Strong's G747 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render archegos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Prince Acts 3:15 author Hebrews 12:2 captain Hebrews 2:10

How Strong's G747 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 26 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G747 (ἀρχηγός) appears 31 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G747 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G747 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 3:15 KJV

And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

Acts 5:31 KJV

Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Hebrews 2:10 KJV

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Strong's G747 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

26 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 6:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And these are the heads of the houses of their families: the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi, this is the kindred of Reuben.

Numbers 10:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And if they shall sound with one, all the rulers even the princes of Israel shall come to thee.

Numbers 13:2 Septuagint / Brenton

Send for thee men, and let them spy the land of the Canaanites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, thou shalt send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.

Strong's G747 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 5:1 Septuagint / Brenton

After this were the principal men of the families chosen according to their tribes, to go up with their wives and sons and daughters, with their menservants and maidservants, and their cattle.

Judith 14:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And so soon as the morning shall appear, and the sun shall come forth upon the earth, take ye every one his weapons, and go forth every valiant man out of the city, and set ye a captain over them, as though ye would go down into the field toward the watch of the Assyrians; but go not down.

1 Maccabees 9:61 Septuagint / Brenton

Wherefore they took of the men of the country, that were authors of that mischief, about fifty persons, and slew them.

Usage Excerpts

First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G747.

Exodus 6:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the heads of the houses of their families: the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi, this is the kindred of Reuben.
Numbers 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if they shall sound with one, all the rulers even the princes of Israel shall come to thee.
Numbers 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Send for thee men, and let them spy the land of the Canaanites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, thou shalt send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.
Numbers 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Paran by the word of the Lord; all these were the princes of the sons of Israel.
Numbers 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said one to another, Let us make a ruler, and return into Egypt.
Numbers 16:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and rose up before Moses, and two hundred and fifty men of the sons of Israel, chiefs of the assembly, chosen counselors, and men of renown.
Numbers 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: A star shall rise out of Jacob, A man shall spring out of Israel; And shall crush the princes of Moab, And shall spoil all the sons of Seth.
Numbers 25:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and make them examples of judgment for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel.
Deuteronomy 33:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he saw his firstfruits, That there the land of the princes gathered With the chiefs of the people was divided; The Lord wrought righteousness, And his judgment with Israel.
Judges 5:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And princes in Issachar were with Deborah and Barak, Thus she sent Barak on his feet in the valleys Into the portions of Reuben; Great pangs reached to the heart.
Judges 9:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abimelech and the chiefs of companies that were with him rushed forward, and stood by the door of the gate of the city; and the two other companies rushed forward upon all that were in the field, and smote them.
Judges 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our head, and we will fight with the sons of Ammon.
Judges 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and ruler over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.
1 Chronicles 5:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these were the heads of the houses of their families; Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, men of renown, heads of the houses of their families.
1 Chronicles 12:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When David was going to Ziklag, there came to him of Manasseh, Adnah and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai: these are the captains of thousands of Manasseh.
1 Chronicles 26:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the sacred treasures, which David the king and the heads of families consecrated, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and princes of the host,
2 Chronicles 23:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoiada the priest went forth, and Jehoiada the priest charged the captains of hundreds, even the captains of the host, and said to them, Thrust her forth outside the house, and follow her, and let her be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.
Nehemiah 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
Nehemiah 7:70 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
Nehemiah 7:71 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
Isaiah 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father’s household, saying, Thou hast raiment, be thou our ruler, and let my meat be under thee.
Isaiah 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall answer in that day, and say, I will not be thy ruler; for I have no bread in my house, nor raiment: I will not be the ruler of this people.
Isaiah 30:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there are princes in Tanis, evil messengers.
Jeremiah 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hast thou not called me as it were a home, and the father and guide of thy virgin time?
Lamentations 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The elders of the daughter of Zion Have sat upon the ground, They have kept silence: They have cast up dust upon their heads; They have girded themselves with sackcloth: They have brought down to the ground The chief virgins in Jerusalem.
Micah 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even a sound of chariots and horsemen: the inhabitants of Lachish, she is the leader of sin to the daughter of Zion: for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.
Acts 3:15 New Testament, KJV
And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Acts 5:31 New Testament, KJV
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Hebrews 2:10 New Testament, KJV
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Hebrews 12:2 New Testament, KJV
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Esdras 5:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
After this were the principal men of the families chosen according to their tribes, to go up with their wives and sons and daughters, with their menservants and maidservants, and their cattle.
Judith 14:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And so soon as the morning shall appear, and the sun shall come forth upon the earth, take ye every one his weapons, and go forth every valiant man out of the city, and set ye a captain over them, as though ye would go down into the field toward the watch of the Assyrians; but go not down.
1 Maccabees 9:61 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore they took of the men of the country, that were authors of that mischief, about fifty persons, and slew them.
1 Maccabees 10:47 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But with Alexander they were well pleased, because he was the first that entreated of true peace with them, and they were confederate with him always.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G747, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G747 FAQ

What does archegos (ἀρχηγός) mean?

Archegos (Strong's G747) is a Greek word most simply glossed "chief leader". archegos (ar-khay-gos') n. 1. a chief leader [from G746 and G71]

How many times is archegos (ἀρχηγός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's G747 across 16 books.

Where can I study archegos (ἀρχηγός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G747 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate archegos (ἀρχηγός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as prince, captain, and author. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G747 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 26 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G747, with linked reader references where each row is available.