Quick Definition
ἀρχισυνάγωγος, ου, ὁ n.m. a leader of the synagogue
Strong's Definition
director of the synagogue services
Derivation: from G746 (ἀρχή) and G4864 (συναγωγή);
KJV Usage: (chief) ruler of the synagogue
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀρχισυνάγωγος, -ov, 6, (συναγωγή), ruler of a synagogue, noian wea: Mk. ν. 22, 35 sq. 38; Lk. viii. 49 ; xiii. 14; Acts xiii. 15; xviii. 8,17. 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; [cf. Alex.’s Kitto s. v. Synagogue]. (Not found in prof. writ. ; [yet Schiirer (Theol. LiteraturZeit., 1878, p. 5) refers to Corp. Inserr. Graec. no 2007 £. (Addenda ii. p. 994), no. 2221
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀρχισυνάγωγος archisynagōgos 9x
a president or moderating elder of a synagogue, Mk. 5:22, 35, 36, 38; Lk. 8:49
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀρχισυνάγωγος, -ου, ὁ
(< συναγωγή),
ruler of a synagogue, an administrative officer, supervising the worship (רֹאשׁ הַכְּנֵםֶת): Mk 5:22, 35, 36, 38, Lk 8:49 13:14, Ac 13:15 18:8, 17 (Inscr., v. MM, s.v.; cf. also DB, ext., 101).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀρχισυνάγωγος. Preisigke 623 (B.C. 80-69) ὧν ἀρχισυνα͵]γωγὸς καὶ apxteρεὺς [name presumably followed]: the previous mention of θε]ῶν Φιλοπατόρων suffices to show that a ‘‘ profane ’’ writer uses the term. Thayer’s inscriptional and literary quotations had already corrected the implication of Grimm’s note.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀρχισυνάγωγος (archisunagōgos) — synagogue leader. ἀρχι-συνάγωγος [ᾰ], ὁ, ruler of a synagogue, [NT], Ramsay Cities and Bishoprics No.559:—hence ἀρχι-συνᾰγωγέω, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. master of a guild or company, [Refs]