G752

ἀρχισυνάγωγος

archisynagōgos

Masculine noun · From ἀρχή (G746) and συναγωγή (G4864)

From G746 and G4864; director of the synagogue services:—(chief) ruler of the synagogue.

Outline

  1. ruler of the synagogue. It was his duty to select the readers or teachers in the synagogue, to examine the discourses of the public speakers, and to see that all things were done with decency and in accordance with ancestral usage.

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