ἀρχιποίμην, ἀρχιποίμενος (so L T Tr WH KC (after manuscripts), but Griesbach, others ἀρχιποίμην, ἀρχιποίμενος; cf. Lob. Paralip. p 195f; Stephanus Thesaurus, under the word; Chandler § 580), ὁ, a Biblical word (Test. xii Patr. test. Jud. § 8), chief shepherd: of Christ the head of the church, 1Pe_5:4; see ποιμήν, b.

ἀρχιποίμην archipoim ēn 1x chief shepherd, 1Pe_5:4

**† ἀρχι -ποίμην , -ενος , ὁ , [in Sm .: 2Ki_3:4 * ;] found on an Egyptian mummy label ( Deiss., LAE , 97 ff .; cf. MM , s.v. ); used by modem Greeks of tribal chiefs; chief shepherd . of Christ, 1Pe_5:4 .†

ἀρχιποίμην [page 82] Deissmann ( LAE , p. 97 ff.) has shown that this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( 1Pe_5:4 ) can no longer be regarded as a Christian invention : it is found on the mummy label of an Egyptian peasant ( Preisigke 3507), of the Roman period, which runs : Πλῆνις νεώτερος ἀρχιποίμενος ( l. -μην ) ἐβίωσεν ἐτῶν . . . Plenis, the younger, chief shepherd. Lived . . . years. Cf. P Lips I. 97 xi. 4 (A.D. 338) where a list of ποιμένες headed by Κάμητι ἀρχιποιμένι . [Supplemental from 1930 edition] Add PSI IV. 286 .6 (iii/iv A.D.), note.

ἀρχιποίμην "a chief shepherd", NTest.

ἀρχι-ποίμην, -ενος, ὁ [in Sm.: 4Ki.3:4 * ;] found on an Egyptian mummy label (Deiss., LAE, 97 ff.; cf. MM, see word); used by modem Greeks of tribal chiefs; chief shepherd. of Christ, 1Pe.5:4.† (AS)