What does Ἀρίσταρχος (Arístarchos) mean in the Bible?
Ἀρίσταρχος (Arístarchos) is a Greek word meaning "best ruling; Aristarchus, a Macedonian".
Greek · G708
Ἀρίσταρχος
Best ruling; Aristarchus, a Macedonian
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Ἀρίσταρχος G708
Pronunciation Arístarchos
What does Ἀρίσταρχος (Arístarchos) mean in the Bible?
Ἀρίσταρχος (Arístarchos) is a Greek word meaning "best ruling; Aristarchus, a Macedonian".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G708?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Aristarchus (5).
Where does Ἀρίσταρχος (Arístarchos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 19:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Colossians (1), Philemon (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Aristarchus 5× Acts 19:29, Acts 20:4, Acts 27:2, Colossians 4:10
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Acts 19:29 Ἀρίσταρχον to Aristarchus Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 20:4 Ἀρίσταρχος to Aristarchus Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 27:2 Ἀριστάρχου to Aristarchus Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Colossians 4:10 Ἀρίσταρχος to Aristarchus Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Philemon 1:24 Ἀρίσταρχος to Aristarchus Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 19:29
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Acts 3 Colossians 1 Philemon 1
Source forms
Ἀρίσταρχος 3x Aristarchos Acts 20:4, Colossians 4:10, Philemon 1:24
Ἀρίσταρχον 1x Aristarchon Acts 19:29
Ἀριστάρχου 1x Aristarchou Acts 27:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Acts 20:4, Colossians 4:10, Philemon 1:24
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 19:29
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Acts 27:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. best ruling; Aristarchus, a Macedonian
Strong's G708
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
best ruling; Aristarchus, a Macedonian
Extended definition
:--Aristarchus.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 19:29 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Ἀρίσταρχον aristarcon
Aristarchus
Read verse Acts 20:4 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἀρίσταρχος aristarcov
Aristarchus
Read verse Acts 27:2 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
Ἀριστάρχου aristarcou
Aristarchus
Read verse Colossians 4:10 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἀρίσταρχος aristarcov
Aristarchus
Read verse Philemon 1:24 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἀρίσταρχος, aristarcov
Aristarchus
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 20:4 · Col 4:10 · Phlm 1:24 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 27:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 19:29 1×
Word Origins
Ἀρίσταρχος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain