11 occurrences

'Princes' in the Bible

Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.

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

Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of his people and its princes. "And you! You have devoured the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses!

Verse ConceptsPlunderingWicked RulersVineyardMetaphorical VineyardsRulers, Wicked

Surely the princes of Zoan [are] foolish; the wise of the counselors of Pharaoh [give] senseless counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I myself [am] a son of sages, a {descendant} of ancient kings"?

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

The princes of Zoan have become foolish; the princes of Memphis are deceived; the leaders of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

Verse ConceptsCornerstoneMemphisFoolish PeopleStrong Delusion

Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants [were] princes, her traders [the] honored ones of [the] earth?

Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceGod's Plans

See, a king will rule according to righteousness, and princes will rule according to justice.

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfRighteousness Of Christfairness

Its nobles--but no kingdom is there--shall call, and all its princes shall be nothing.

Verse ConceptsNoblesOther Unimportant People

the one who brings princes to nothing; he makes rulers of [the] earth like nothing.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeStrength, Divine

And I profaned [the] princes of [the] sanctuary, and I gave Jacob to destruction, and Israel to reviling.

Verse ConceptsJacob, The Patriarch

Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer of Israel, his holy one, to the one who despises life, to the one who abhors [the] nation, to [the] slave of rulers: "Kings shall see and stand up; princes, and they shall bow down, for the sake of Yahweh, who [is] faithful, the holy one of Israel, and he has chosen you."

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtProphecies Concerning ChristBowing Before MessiahMessianic Prophecies

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀρχή 
Arche 
Usage: 42

ἀρχηγός 
Archegos 
Usage: 4

ἄρχων 
Archon 
Usage: 32

ἐξοχή 
Exoche 
Usage: 1

ἡγεμών 
hegemon 
Usage: 19

στοιχεῖον 
Stoicheion 
Usage: 7