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of rulers of nations, Matt. 20:25,
RV
, “r,”
KJV
, “p”; Acts 4:26, “r”; 7:27, “r”; 7:35, “r”
(twice); (c) of judges and magistrates, Acts 16:19, “r”; Rom. 13:3, “r”; (d) of members of
the Sanhedrin, Luke 14:1,
RV
, “r” (
KJV
, “chief”); 23:13, 35, “r”; so 24:20, John 3:1; 7:26,
48; 12:42,
RV
, “r” (
KJV
, “chief r.”); “r” in Acts 3:17; 4:5, 8; 13:27; 14:5; (e) of rulers of
synagogues, Matt. 9:18, 23, “r”; so Luke 8:41; 18:18; (f) of the Devil, as “prince” of this
world, John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11; of the power of the air, Eph. 2:2, “the air” being that
sphere in which the inhabitants of the world live and which, through the rebellious and
godless condition of humanity, constitutes the seat of his authority; (g) of Beelzebub, the
“prince” of the demons, Matt. 9:24; 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15. See
CHIEF
, B, No.
10.¶
3.
(
4 0
, 2232), “a leader, ruler,” is translated “princes” (i.e., leaders) in
Matt. 2:6: see
GOVERNOR
, A, No. 1.
Note:
For
, Rev. 6:15; 18:23,
RV
, “princes,” see
LORD
, No. 3.
PRINCIPAL
(
$
, 4413), “first,” is translated “principal men” in the
RV
of Luke 19:47
and Acts 25:2. See
CHIEF
, A.
Note:
In Acts 25:23 the phrase
@
, lit., “according to eminence,” is
translated “principal (men)”;
@
, primarily a projection (akin to
@
, “to stand
out”), is used here metaphorically of eminence.¶ In the Sept., Job 39:28.¶
PRINCIPALITY
(
$ )
, 746), “beginning, government, rule,” is used of supramundane beings
who exercise rule, called “principalities”; (a) of holy angels, Eph. 3:10, the church in its
formation being to them the great expression of “the manifold (or “much-varied”)
wisdom of God”; Col. 1:16; (b) of evil angels, Rom. 8:38; Col. 2:15, some would put this
under (a), but see
SPOIL
B, No. 4; (a) and (b) are indicated in Col. 2:10. In Eph. 1:21, the
RV
renders it “rule” (
KJV
, “principality”) and in Titus 3:1, “rulers” (
KJV
, “principalities”).
In Jude 6,
RV
, it signifies, not the first estate of fallen angels (as
KJV
), but their
authoritative power, “their own” indicating that which had been assigned to them by God,
which they left, aspiring to prohibited conditions. See
BEGIN
, B.
PRINCIPLES
1.
(
$ )
, 746), “beginning,” is used in Heb. 6:1, in its relative significance, of
the beginning of the thing spoken of; here “the first principles of Christ,” lit., “the
account (or word) of the beginning of Christ,” denotes the teaching relating to the
elementary facts concerning Christ. See
BEGIN
, B.
2.
(
, 4747) is translated “principles” in Heb. 5:12. See
ELEMENTS
.
PRINT
$
(
"
, 5179), for which see
ENSAMPLE
, No. 1, is translated “print” in John
20:25 (twice), of the marks made by the nails in the hands of Christ.
PRISON, PRISON-HOUSE