Ἀσιάρχης
Asiárchēs
“an Asiarch or president of the public festivities in a city of Asia Minor”
1 occurrenceNew TestamentHapax Legomenon
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
an Asiarch or president of the public festivities in a city of Asia Minor
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
an Asiarch, an officer in the province of Asia, as in other eastern provinces of the Roman empire, selected, with others, from the more opulent citizens, to preside over the things pertaining to religious worship, and to exhibit annual public games at their own expense in honor of the gods, in the manner of the aediles at Rome, Acts 19:31*
Translated in KJV as
chief of Asia
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