Easton's Bible Dictionary: Duke
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Derived from the Latin dux, meaning "a leader;" Arabic, "a sheik." This word is used to denote the phylarch or chief of a tribe (
Genesis 36:15
-43;
Exodus 15:15
;
1 Chronicles 1:51
-54).
Easton's Bible Dictionary
