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 of Christ, Heb.6:1; ἀρχὴν λαμβάνειν, to begin, Heb.2:3; ἐξ ἀ., Jhn.6:64 16:4; ἀπ᾽ ἀ., Luk.1:2, Jhn.15:27, 1Jn.2:7 Jn 2:24 Jn 3:11, 2Jn.5-6; ἐν ἀ., Act.11:15 26:4, Php.4:15; τὴν ἀρχήν, adverbially, at all (Hdt., al.; v MM, see word): Jhn.8:25. 2. an extremity, a corner: Act.10:11 11:5. 3. sovereignty, principality, rule (cf. DB, i, 616 f.): Luk.12:11 20:20, Rom.8:38, 1Co.15:24, Eph.1:21 3:10 6:12, Col.1:16 2:10, 15 Tit.3:1, Ju 6 (Cremer, 113).† (AS)
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G746 — ἀρχή
archē · beginning · Greek
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Matthew 19:4 · ἀρχῆςAnd he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,Matthew 19:8 · ἀρχῆςHe saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.Matthew 24:8 · ἀρχὴBut all these things are the beginning of travail.Matthew 24:21 · ἀρχῆςfor then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.Mark 1:1 · ἈρχὴThe beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.Mark 10:6 · ἀρχῆςBut from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.Mark 13:8 · ἀρχὴFor nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning of travail.Mark 13:19 · ἀρχῆςFor those days shall be tribulation, such as there hath not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.Luke 1:2 · ἀρχῆςeven as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,Luke 12:11 · ἀρχὰςAnd when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:Luke 20:20 · ἀρχῇAnd they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.John 1:1 · ἀρχῇIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.John 1:2 · ἀρχῇThe same was in the beginning with God.John 2:11 · ἀρχὴνThis beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.John 6:64 · ἀρχῆςBut there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him.John 8:25 · ἀρχὴνThey said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.John 8:44 · ἀρχῆςYe are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.John 15:27 · ἀρχῆςand ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.John 16:4 · ἀρχῆςBut these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.Acts 10:11 · ἀρχαῖςand he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:Acts 11:5 · ἀρχαῖςI was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:Acts 11:15 · ἀρχῇ.And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.Acts 26:4 · ἀρχῆςMy manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;Romans 8:38 · ἀρχαὶFor I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,1 Corinthians 15:24 · ἀρχὴνThen cometh the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power.Ephesians 1:21 · ἀρχῆςfar above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:Ephesians 3:10 · ἀρχαῖςto the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,Ephesians 6:12 · ἀρχάς,For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.Philippians 4:15 · ἀρχῇAnd ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;Colossians 1:16 · ἀρχαὶfor in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;Colossians 1:18 · ἀρχή,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.Colossians 2:10 · ἀρχῆςand in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:Colossians 2:15 · ἀρχὰςhaving despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.Titus 3:1 · ἀρχαῖςPut them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,Hebrews 1:10 · ἀρχάς,And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:Hebrews 2:3 · ἀρχὴνhow shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;Hebrews 3:14 · ἀρχὴνfor we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:Hebrews 5:12 · ἀρχῆςFor when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.Hebrews 6:1 · ἀρχῆςWherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,Hebrews 7:3 · ἀρχὴνwithout father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually.2 Peter 3:4 · ἀρχῆςand saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.1 John 1:1 · ἀρχῆς,That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life1 John 2:7 · ἀρχῆς·Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.1 John 2:13 · ἀρχῆς.I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.1 John 2:14 · ἀρχῆς.I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.1 John 2:24 · ἀρχῆς · ἀρχῆςAs for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.1 John 3:8 · ἀρχῆςhe that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.1 John 3:11 · ἀρχῆςFor this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:2 John 1:5 · ἀρχῆς,And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.2 John 1:6 · ἀρχῆς,And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.Jude 1:6 · ἀρχὴνAnd angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.Revelation 3:14 · ἀρχὴAnd to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:Revelation 21:6 · ἀρχὴAnd he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.Revelation 22:13 · ἀρχὴI am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.