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ἀρχή

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine56 occurrences18 books55 verses

Definition

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, Revelation 21:6 (cf. 18); similarly, of Christ, Revelation 22:13; of Christ as the uncreated principle, the active cause of creation, Revelation 3:14; in his relation to the Church, Colossians 1:18; ἐν ἀ., John 1:1-2; ἀπ᾽ ἀ. (and ἀπ᾽ ἀ. κτισεως), Matthew 19:4, 8; 24:21, Mark 10:6; 13:19, John 8:44, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Peter 3:4, 1 John 1:1, John 2:13-14, John 2:24; κατ ἀρχἀς, Hebrews 1:10;

(b) relatively: Hebrews 7:3; ἀ. ὠδίνων, Matthew 24:8, Mark 13:9; τ. σημείων, John 2:11; τ. ὑποστάσεως, Hebrews 3:14; τ. λογίων, Hebrews 5:12; ὁ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγος, the account of the beginning, the elementary view of Christ, Hebrews 6:1; ἀρχὴν λαμβάνειν, to begin, Hebrews 2:3; ἐξ ἀ., John 6:64; 16:4; ἀπ᾽ ἀ., Luke 1:2, John 15:27, 1 John 2:7, John 2:24, John 3:11, 2 John 5-6; ἐν ἀ., Acts 11:15; 26:4, Philippians 4:15; τὴν ἀρχήν, adverbially, at all (Hdt., al.; v MM, see word): John 8:25.

2. an extremity, a corner: Acts 10:11; 11:5.

3. sovereignty, principality, rule (cf. DB, i, 616 f.): Luke 12:11; 20:20, Romans 8:38, 1 Corinthians 15:24, Ephesians 1:21; 3:10; 6:12, Colossians 1:16; 2:10, 15, Titus 3:1, Jude 6 (Cremer, 113).

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

56 total
  1. Matthew 19:4ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
  2. Matthew 19:8ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.
  3. Matthew 24:8ἀρχὴ · [the] beginning
    All these are the beginning of birth pains.
  4. Matthew 24:21ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
  5. Mark 1:1Ἀρχὴ · [This is the] beginning
    This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
  6. Mark 10:6ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
  7. Mark 13:8ἀρχὴ · [the] beginning
    Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
  8. Mark 13:19ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    For those will be days of tribulation unseen from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.
  9. Luke 1:2ἀρχῆς · the initial
    …just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
  10. Luke 12:11ἀρχὰς · rulers
    When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
  11. Luke 20:20ἀρχῇ · rule
    So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
  12. John 1:1ἀρχῇ · [the] beginning
    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  13. John 1:2ἀρχῇ · [the] beginning
    He was with God in the beginning.
  14. John 2:11ἀρχὴν · the first
    Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
  15. John 6:64ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
  16. John 8:25ἀρχὴν · beginning
    “Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
  17. John 8:44ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  18. John 15:27ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
  19. John 16:4ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
  20. Acts 10:11ἀρχαῖς · corners
    He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
  21. Acts 11:5ἀρχαῖς · corners
    “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
  22. Acts 11:15ἀρχῇ · [the] beginning
    As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
  23. Acts 26:4ἀρχῆς · [my] earliest
    Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
  24. Romans 8:38ἀρχαὶ · principalities
    For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
  25. 1 Corinthians 15:24ἀρχὴν · dominion
    Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.
  26. Ephesians 1:21ἀρχῆς · rule
    …far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
  27. Ephesians 3:10ἀρχαῖς · rulers
    His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
  28. Ephesians 6:12ἀρχάς · rulers
    For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
  29. Philippians 4:15ἀρχῇ · [the] early days
    And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.
  30. Colossians 1:16ἀρχαὶ · rulers
    For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
  31. Colossians 1:18ἀρχή · beginning
    And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
  32. Colossians 2:10ἀρχῆς · ruler
    And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
  33. Colossians 2:15ἀρχὰς · powers
    And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
  34. 2 Thessalonians 2:13ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
  35. Titus 3:1ἀρχαῖς · to rulers
    Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,
  36. Hebrews 1:10ἀρχάς · [the] beginning
    And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
  37. Hebrews 2:3ἀρχὴν · first
    …how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
  38. Hebrews 3:14ἀρχὴν · [we had] at first
    We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
  39. Hebrews 5:12ἀρχῆς · basic
    Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
  40. Hebrews 6:1ἀρχῆς · elementary
    Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,
  41. Hebrews 7:3ἀρχὴν · beginning
    Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
  42. 2 Peter 3:4ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
  43. 1 John 1:1ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
  44. 1 John 2:7ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
  45. 1 John 2:13ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
  46. 1 John 2:14ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
  47. 1 John 2:24ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning; ἀρχῆς
    As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
  48. 1 John 3:8ἀρχῆς · [the] very start
    The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
  49. 1 John 3:11ἀρχῆς · [the] beginning
    This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.