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 ἄνπολιτείας ἄρχων ἀυτοτελους; likewise Simon Maccabaeus, 1Ma_14:47 1Ma_15:1-2; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 6, 6; cf. (19, 5, 2); b. j. 2, 6, 3): 2Co_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 , 11).

ἐθνάρχης ethnarchēs 1x a governor, chief of any tribe or nation, 2Co_11:32

**† ἐθνάρχης , -ου , ὁ ( < ἔθνος , ἄρχω ), [in LXX : 1Ma_14:47 ; 1Ma_15:1-2 * ;] an ethnarch , a provincial governor ( cf. 1 Mac, ll . c .; FlJ , Ant., xiii, 6, 6; Dalman , 332): 2Co_11:32 .†

ἐθνάρχης [page 181] For the technical uses of this title, which in 2Co_11:32 occurs in the more general sense of a deputy governor or subordinate ruler, see Hohlwein L Ιgypte Romaine , p. 207; also Lumbroso in Archiv i. p. 66 f.

ἐθνάρχης ἐθν-άρχης, ου, [Etym: ἄρχω] "an ethnarch", NTest. , Luc.

ἐθνάρχης, -ου, ὁ (ἔθνος, ἄρχω), [in LXX: 1Ma.14:47 15:1, 2 * ;] an ethnarch, a provincial governor (cf. I Mac, ll. with; FlJ, Ant., xiii, 6, 6; Dalman, 332): 2Co.11:32.† (AS)