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 · ἀρχῆςHe answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,Matthew 19:8 · ἀρχῆςHe said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.Matthew 24:8 · ἀρχὴBut all these things are the beginning of birth pains.Matthew 24:21 · ἀρχῆςfor then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.Mark 1:1 · ἈρχὴThe beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.Mark 10:6 · ἀρχῆςBut from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.Mark 13:8 · ἀρχὴFor nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.Mark 13:19 · ἀρχῆςFor in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.Luke 1:2 · ἀρχῆςeven as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,Luke 12:11 · ἀρχὰςWhen they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;Luke 20:20 · ἀρχῇThey watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and 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 Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.John 6:64 · ἀρχῆςBut there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.John 8:25 · ἀρχὴνThey said therefore to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.John 8:44 · ἀρχῆςYou are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.John 15:27 · ἀρχῆςYou will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.John 16:4 · ἀρχῆςBut I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.Acts 10:11 · ἀρχαῖςHe saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,Acts 11:5 · ἀρχαῖς“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.Acts 11:15 · ἀρχῇ.As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.Acts 26:4 · ἀρχῆς“Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;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 the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will 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 age, but also in that which is to come.Ephesians 3:10 · ἀρχαῖςto the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,Ephesians 6:12 · ἀρχάς,For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.Philippians 4:15 · ἀρχῇYou yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.Colossians 1:16 · ἀρχαὶFor by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.Colossians 1:18 · ἀρχή,He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.Colossians 2:10 · ἀρχῆςand in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;Colossians 2:15 · ἀρχὰςhaving stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.Titus 3:1 · ἀρχαῖςRemind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,Hebrews 1:10 · ἀρχάς,And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.Hebrews 2:3 · ἀρχὴνhow will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;Hebrews 3:14 · ἀρχὴνFor we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:Hebrews 5:12 · ἀρχῆςFor although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.Hebrews 6:1 · ἀρχῆςTherefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, 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 the Son of God), remains 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 saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life1 John 2:7 · ἀρχῆς·Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.1 John 2:13 · ἀρχῆς.I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.1 John 2:14 · ἀρχῆς.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 remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.1 John 2:24 · ἀρχῆς · ἀρχῆςTherefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.1 John 3:8 · ἀρχῆςHe who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.1 John 3:11 · ἀρχῆςFor this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;2 John 1:5 · ἀρχῆς,Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.2 John 1:6 · ἀρχῆς,This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.Jude 1:6 · ἀρχὴνAngels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.Revelation 3:14 · ἀρχὴ“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says these things:Revelation 21:6 · ἀρχὴHe said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.Revelation 22:13 · ἀρχὴI am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.