15 occurrences

'Princes' in the Bible

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

Verse ConceptsPlunderingWicked RulersVineyardMetaphorical VineyardsRulers, Wicked

For he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings?

Verse ConceptsNature Of Kings

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Verse ConceptsadvisersAdvice, Bad Human AdviceWisdom, Human NatureWisdom, Source Of HumanFoolish People

The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.

Verse ConceptsCornerstoneMemphisFoolish PeopleStrong Delusion

They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilOfficersShieldsTablesAnointing ThingsEating And Drinking

Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?

Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceGod's Plans

For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.

Verse Conceptsenvoy

And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesBanners, Literal UseBanner, Figurative UseJerusalem, Significance OfPeople As Rockszion

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfRighteousness Of Christfairness

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

Verse ConceptsNoblesOther Unimportant People

that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeStrength, Divine

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.

Verse ConceptsJacob, The Patriarch

Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtProphecies Concerning ChristBowing Before MessiahMessianic Prophecies

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ἀρχή 
Arche 
Usage: 42

ἀρχηγός 
Archegos 
Usage: 4

ἄρχων 
Archon 
Usage: 32

ἐξοχή 
Exoche 
Usage: 1

ἡγεμών 
hegemon 
Usage: 19

στοιχεῖον 
Stoicheion 
Usage: 7

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