- ἐθνάρχης
- ἐθνάρχης, ου, ὁ a title used w. var. mngs., but in gener. a pers. appointed to rule over a particular area or constituency on behalf of a king (Strabo 17, 1, 13; Ps.-Lucian, Macrob. 17; SEG XXVI, 1623, 25; OGI 616, 2f=στρατηγὸς νομάδων; epitaph in Dschize: ZDPV 20, 1897, 135; coins [Ztschr. f. Numismatik 35, 1903, 197ff]; 1 Macc 14:47; 15:1, 2; Jos., Bell. 2, 93, Ant. 14, 117; 19, 283. Cp. Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 279) head of an ethnic community/minority, ethnic head/leader 2 Cor 11:32.—ESchürer, StKr 72, 1899, 95ff, History I 333f, 12; TZahn, NKZ 15, 1904, 34ff; ESchwartz, GGN 1906, 367f; JStarcky, Dict. de la Bible, Suppl. VII ’66, 915f; EKnauf, ZNW 74, ’83, 145–47 (someth. like a consul). S. also Ἁρέτας.—M-M.
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