ἀρχή archē · G0746

beginning

ἀρχή, -ῆς, ἡ ; [in LXX for קֶדֶם, רֹאשׁ, רֹאשׁ, etc. ; ] ; 1. beginning, origin; (a) absol., of the beginning of all things: of God as the Eternal, the First Cause, Rev.21:6 (cf. 18); similarly, of Christ, Rev.22:13; of Christ as the uncreated principle, the active cause of creation, Rev.3:14; in his relation to the Church, Col.1:18; ἐν ἀ., Jhn.1:1-2; ἀπ᾽ ἀ. (and ἀπ᾽ ἀ. κτισεως), Mat.19:4, 8 24:21, Mrk.10:6 13:19, Jhn.8:44, 2Th.2:13, 2Pe.3:4, 1Jn.1:1 Jn 2:13-14 Jn 2:24; κατ ἀρχἀς, Heb.1:10; (b) relatively: Heb.7:3; ἀ. ὠδίνων, Mat.24:8, Mrk.13:9; τ. σημείων, Jhn.2:11; τ. ὑποστάσεως, Heb.3:14; τ. λογίων, Heb.5:12; ὁ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγος, the account of the beginning, the elementary view …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἀρχή, ἡ, ; (see. ἄρχω) beginning, origin, νείκεος ἀ.[]; opposed to τέλος, []; opposed to τελευτή, []; ἀρχὴν ὑποθέσθαι lay a foundation, [] (and passive, ἀρχαὶ βέβληνται[]; source of action, [ὁ ἄνθρωπος] ἔχει ἀρχὴν ἐλευθέραν[]; b with Preps. in adverbial usages, ἐξ ἀρχῆς from the beginning, from the first, from of old, []anew, afresh, []; ὁ ἐξ ἀ. λόγος the original argument, []; τὰ ἐξ ἀ. the principal sum, []; κατ᾽ ἀρχάς in the beginning, at first, []; c accusative ἀρχήν, absolutely, to begin …

Where it's used 57 times

Matthew 19:4 · Matthew 19:8 · Matthew 24:8 · Matthew 24:21 · Mark 1:1 · Mark 10:6 · Mark 13:8 · Mark 13:19 · Luke 1:2 · Luke 12:11 · Luke 20:20 · John 1:1 · John 1:2 · John 2:11 · John 6:64 · John 8:25 · John 8:44 · John 15:27 · John 16:4 · Acts 10:11 · Acts 11:5 · Acts 11:15 · Acts 26:4 · Romans 8:38 · 1 Corinthians 15:24 · Ephesians 1:21 · Ephesians 3:10 · Ephesians 6:12 · Philippians 4:15 · Colossians 1:16 · Colossians 1:18 · Colossians 2:10 · Colossians 2:15 · Titus 3:1 · Hebrews 1:10 · Hebrews 2:3 · Hebrews 3:14 · Hebrews 5:12 · Hebrews 6:1 · Hebrews 7:3 · 2 Peter 3:4 · 1 John 1:1 · 1 John 2:7 · 1 John 2:13 · 1 John 2:14 · 1 John 2:24 · 1 John 3:8 · 1 John 3:11 · 2 John 1:5 · 2 John 1:6 · Jude 1:6 · Revelation 1:8 · Revelation 3:14 · Revelation 21:6 · Revelation 22:13 … and 2 more

Source: TBESG G0746; TFLSJ G0746

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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