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Ἀσιάρχης
Asiárchēs

an Asiarch or president of the public festivities in a city of Asia Minor

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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*

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

chief of Asia

Etymology

from G773 (Ἀσία) and G746 (ἀρχή);

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