Strong's Concordance arché: beginning, origin Original Word: ἀρχή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: arché Phonetic Spelling: (ar-khay') Short Definition: ruler, beginning Definition: (a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning. HELPS Word-studies 746 arxḗ – properly, from the beginning (temporal sense), i.e. "the initial (starting) point"; (figuratively) what comes first and therefore is chief (foremost), i.e. has the priority because ahead of the rest ("preeminent"). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 746: ἀρχήἀρχή, ἀρχῆς, ἡ (from Homer down), in the Sept. mostly equivalent to רֹאשׁ, רֵאֹשִׁית, תְּחִלָּה; 1. beginning, origin; a. used absolutely, of the beginning of all things: ἐν ἀρχή, John 1:1f (Genesis 1:1); ἀπ' ἀρχῆς, Matthew 19:4 (with which cf. Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 5 ὁ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ποιῶν ἀνθρώπους), Matthew 19:8; John 8:44; 1 John 1:1; 1 John 2:13; 1 John 3:8; more fully ἀπ' ἀρχῆς κτίσεως or κόσμου, Matthew 24:21; Mark 10:6; Mark 13:19; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (where L (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading) ἀπαρχήν, which see); 2 Peter 3:4; κατ' ἀρχάς, Hebrews 1:10 (Psalm 101:26 b. in a relative sense, of the beginning of the thing spoken of: ἐξ ἀρχῆς, from the time when Jesus gathered disciples, John 6:64; John 16:4; ἀπ' ἀρχῆς, John 15:27 (since I appeared in public); as soon as instruction was imparted, 1 John 2:( 2. the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader: Colossians 1:18; Revelation 1:8 Rec.; 3. that by which anything begins to be, the origin, active cause (a sense in which the philosopher Anaximander, 4. the extremity of a thing: of the corners of a sail, Acts 10:11; Acts 11:5; (Herodotus 4, 60; Diodorus 1, 35; others.). 5. the first place, principality, rule, magistracy (cf. English 'authorities') (ἄρχω τίνος): Luke 12:11; Luke 20:20; Titus 3:1; office given in charge (Genesis 40:13, 21; 2 Macc. 4:10, etc.), Jude 1:6. Hence, the term is transferred by Paul to angels and demons holding dominions entrusted to them in the order of things (see ἄγγελος, 2 (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians 1:16; Meyer on Ephesians 1:21)): Romans 8:38; 1 Corinthians 15:24; Ephesians 1:21; Ephesians 3:10; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 1:16; Colossians 2:10, 15. See ἐξουσία, 4{c}. ββ. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule. From archomai; (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank) -- beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule. see GREEK archomai Forms and Transliterations αρχαι αρχαί ἀρχαὶ αρχαις αρχαίς ἀρχαῖς αρχας αρχάς ἀρχάς ἀρχὰς ΑΡΧΗ αρχή άρχη ἀρχή ἀρχὴ ἀρχῇ αρχην αρχήν ἀρχὴν ΑΡΧΗΣ αρχής ἀρχῆς archai archaì archais archaîs archas archás archàs ARCHe ARCHĒ archḗ archḕ archêi archē̂i archen archēn archḕn ARCHeS archês ARCHĒS archē̂sLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 74656 Occurrences ἀρχαὶ — 2 Occ. ἀρχαῖς — 4 Occ. ἀρχὰς — 4 Occ. ἀρχὴ — 12 Occ. ἀρχὴν — 7 Occ. ἀρχῆς — 27 Occ. Matthew 19:4 N-GFS GRK: κτίσας ἀπ' ἀρχῆς ἄρσεν καὶ NAS: that He who created [them] from the beginning MADE KJV: made [them] at the beginning made them INT: having created [them] from [the] beginning male and Matthew 19:8 N-GFS Matthew 24:8 N-NFS Matthew 24:21 N-GFS Mark 1:1 N-NFS Mark 10:6 N-GFS Mark 13:8 N-NFS Mark 13:19 N-GFS Luke 1:2 N-GFS Luke 12:11 N-AFP Luke 20:20 N-DFS John 1:1 N-DFS John 1:2 N-DFS John 2:11 N-AFS John 6:64 N-GFS John 8:25 N-AFS John 8:44 N-GFS John 15:27 N-GFS John 16:4 N-GFS Acts 10:11 N-DFP Acts 11:5 N-DFP Acts 11:15 N-DFS Acts 26:4 N-GFS Romans 8:38 N-NFP 1 Corinthians 15:24 N-AFS |