ἀρχή archē

Greek word for “beginning” · Strong’s G746 · used 55 times in 54 verses

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Meaning

ἀρχή, -ῆς, ἡ; 1. beginning, origin;

How it is translated

Glosses given for archē in context, with how often each is used:

• beginning 40
• rulers 6
• rule 2
• corners 2
• principalities 1
• dominion 1
• principality 1
• commencement 1
• domain 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 John 2 (4), Matthew 19 (2), Matthew 24 (2), Mark 13 (2), John 1 (2), John 8 (2), Acts 11 (2), Colossians 1 (2), Colossians 2 (2), 1 John 3 (2)

Forms

• ἀρχῆς 26
• ἀρχὴν 7
• ἀρχὴ 5
• ἀρχῇ 5
• ἀρχαῖς 4
• ἀρχὰς 2
• ἀρχαὶ 2
• ἀρχάς 2
• Ἀρχὴ 1
• ἀρχή 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with archē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐξουσία exousia “authority” 10
• τέλος telos “goal/tax” 5
• λόγος logos “word” 8
• κτίσις ktisis “creation” 4
• κτίζω ktizō “to create” 3
• γράφω graphō “to write” 5
• πατήρ patēr “father” 6
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 6
• ἐκκλησία ekklēsia “assembly” 4
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 5
• παραδίδωμι paradidōmi “to deliver” 4
• ὅταν hotan “when(-ever)” 4

Key verses

The verses using archē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no…
• Ephesians 6:12 — For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual…
• Colossians 1:16 — For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities,…
• Colossians 1:18 — And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
• Hebrews 2:3 — How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
• Hebrews 3:14 — For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• Hebrews 6:1 — Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of…
• 1 John 1:1 — That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of…
• 1 John 3:8 — He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the…
• Revelation 3:14 — And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
• Revelation 21:6 — And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.