English Explanatory Dictionary

alabarch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The title of the governor or chief magistrate of the Jews in Alexandria under the Ptolemies and Roman emperors.

Pronunciation

/ˈæləbɑɹk/

Word forms

alabarch alabarchs arabarch

Etymology

From Latin alabarches, more correctly arabarches, from Ancient Greek Ἀλαβάρχης (Alabárkhēs), more correctly Ἀραβάρχης (Arabárkhēs, “the prefect of the Arabian nome in Egypt, in Josephus appar. as in def.”), from Ἄραψ (Áraps) pl. Ἄρᾰβες (Árăbes, “Arabs”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”).

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