Duke
DUKE
In Gen 36:15-43, is a long list of “dukes” of Edom; but the word duke, from the Latin dux, merely signifies a leader, and not an order of nobility; and the word chief or sheikh would have been preferable in our translation, 1Ch 1:51 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Duke
(from the Latin dux, a leader) stands in our version for two Hebrews terms: (see a dissertation on this word by Sprenger, in the Zeitschr. f. deutsch. nmorgen. Gesellschvft, XII, 2:316), alluph’, a leader, which, besides its ordinary sense of guide or friend, is used technically of the phylarch, or head of a tribe or nation, especially of the Edomitish chieftains (Gen 36:15-43; Exo 15:15; 1Ch 1:51-54), rarely of the Jews (“governor,” Zec 9:7; Zec 12:5-6), and once of chiefs in general (“captain,” Jer 13:21); also , nasik’, one anointed (usually in poetry), spoken of the magnates of Sihon, perhaps by a paraphrase for that king himself (Jos 13:21), elsewhere of other “princes” (Psa 83:11; Eze 32:30; Dan 11:8; “principal men,” Mic 5:5).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Duke
derived from the Latin dux, meaning “a leader;” Arabic, “a sheik.” This word is used to denote the phylarch or chief of a tribe (Gen. 36:15-43; Ex. 15:15; 1 Chr. 1:51-54).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Duke
DUKE.The title of duke in the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] has a very general meaning. It is an inheritance from the Eng. of earlier versions, in which (after Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] dux) duke meant any leader or chief. Latimer calls Gideon a duke, and Wyclif uses this title of Christ, as in his Works (iii. 137), Jesus Christ, duke of oure batel. The title of duke is confined in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] to the chiefs of Edom, with the exception of Jos 13:21 dukes of Sihon, and 1Ma 10:65 (applied to Jonathan Maccabus).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Duke
duk: The rendering in the King James Version in Gen 36:15; Exo 15:15, and 1Ch 1:51 of , ‘alluph (the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version, margin chief), and in Jos 13:21 of , neskhm (dukes, the Revised Version (British and American) princes). It occurs also, as the rendering of strategos, in 1 Macc 10:65 (the Revised Version (British and American) captain). Elsewhere neskhm is translated princes or principal men. The fact that with two exceptions the term is applied in English Versions of the Bible only to the chiefs of Edom has led to the impression that in the family of Esau the chiefs bore a special and hereditary title. But ‘alluph was a general term for tribal chief or prince (compare Zec 9:7; Zec 12:5, Zec 12:6; the Revised Version (British and American) chieftains, the King James Version governors).
Moreover, at the time the King James Version was made the word duke was not used as a title in England: the term had the same general force as dux, the word employed in the Vulgate (Jerome’s Latin Bible, 390-405 ad) So Sir T. Elyot (died 1546) speaks of Hannibal, duke of Carthage ( The Governour, II, 233); Shakespeare, Henry V, III, 2, 20, Be merciful, great duke, to men of mould (compare Midsummer Night’s Dream, I, 1, 21); Sylvester (1591) Du Bartas, The great Duke, that (in dreadful aw) (Upon Mt. Horeb learn’d th’ eternal law. In a still earlier age Wycliff uses the word of the Messiah (Mat 2:6); and in Select Works, III, 137, Jesus Christ, duke of oure batel.
Yet in all probability the Hebrew word was more specific than chief or duke in the broad sense. For if ‘alluph is derived from ‘eleph, thousand, tribe, the term would mean the leader of a clan, a chiliarch (compare Septuagint, Zec 9:7; Zec 12:5, Zec 12:6). the American Standard Revised Version has eliminated the word duke. See CHIEF.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Duke
A title often given in the early genealogies, signifying head of a family or of a tribe, which were called after his name. Gen 36:15-43; 1Ch 1:51-54.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Duke
Title of the princes of Edom
Gen 36:15-43; Exo 15:15; 1Ch 1:51-54
Title of the princes of the Midianites
Jos 13:21