ἄρχω archō

Greek word for “be first” · Strong’s G757 · used 86 times in 86 verses

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Meaning

ἄρχω; 1. to begin.; 2.

How it is translated

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

• began 60
• having begun 9
• may begin 4
• beginning 4
• will begin 2
• when was beginning 1
• rule over 1
• shall begin 1
• will you begin 1
• has begun 1
• rule 1
• have begun 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 10 (5), Mark 14 (5), Mark 6 (4), Luke 7 (4), Luke 14 (4), Matthew 26 (3), Mark 8 (3), Luke 23 (3), Matthew 11 (2), Matthew 16 (2)

Forms

• ἤρξατο 40
• ἤρξαντο 17
• ἀρξάμενος 8
• ἄρξηται 2
• ἄρχειν 2
• ἄρξησθε 2
• ἀρξάμενοι 2
• ἀρξαμένου 1
• ἤρξαντό 1
• ἀρχόμενος 1

Words used with it

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

• διδάσκω didaskō “to teach” 7
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 8
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 8
• τότε tote “then” 7
• Ἰωάννης Iōannēs “John” 6
• κηρύσσω kērussō “to preach” 5
• Πέτρος Petros “Peter” 6
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 7
• περί peri “about” 7
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 7
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 6
• ἔρημος erēmos “deserted” 4

Key verses

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

• Matthew 16:21 — From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and…
• Mark 12:1 — And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a…
• Luke 12:1 — In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his…
• Luke 12:45 — But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be…
• Luke 15:24 — For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
• Luke 19:37 — And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud…
• Luke 23:2 — And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a…
• Luke 24:27 — And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
• Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Acts 2:4 — And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
• Romans 15:12 — And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
• 1 Peter 4:17 — For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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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.