ἈΡΞΩΜΕΘΑ, ἀρξωμεθα
ARXŌMETHA, arxōmetha
Sounds Like: ar-KSO-meh-tha
Translations: let us begin, we may begin, we should begin
From the root: ΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to begin' or 'to rule'. In this specific form, it is used in the middle voice, indicating an action performed by the subject for themselves, and it functions as a hortatory subjunctive, expressing an exhortation or suggestion, typically translated as 'let us begin' or 'we should begin'. It is commonly used to initiate a narrative or action.
Inflection: First Person, Plural, Aorist, Subjunctive, Middle Voice
Strong’s number: G0756 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 2:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΗΝ — beginning, having begun, starting, having started, a beginning one, a starting one
- ἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΝ — beginning, having begun, to begin, to rule, to be ruler
- ἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — beginning, having begun, to begin, to have begun
- ἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΩ — to begin, to rule, to be first, to lead, to make a beginning, to have begun
- ἈΡΞΑΣΘΕ — begin, start, commence
- ἈΡΞΗΣΘΕ — you will begin, you will start, you will commence
- ἈΡΞΟΝΤΑΙ — they will begin, they will start, they will rule, they will govern
- ἈΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ — beginning, those who are beginning, those who are ruled, those who are governed, subjects
- ἈΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΥ — beginning, being begun, ruling, being ruled, of beginning, of ruling
- ἈΡΧΟΜΕΝΩ — beginning, ruling, being ruled, those who are ruled, those who are governed, subjects
- ΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΙ — beginning, having begun, starting, having started
- ΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of having begun, of beginning, of having ruled, of ruling
- ΑΡΞΟΝΤΑΙ — they will begin, they will start
- ΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ — I begin, I commence, I make a beginning, I am about to
- ΑΡΧΟΜΕ — beginning, starting, commencing, leading, ruling, governing
- ΑΡΧΟΜΕΘΑ — we begin, we are beginning, we set out, we make a beginning
- ΑΡΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ — beginning, of those beginning, of those who begin, of those who are beginning, of those who are ruled, of those who are led
- ἨΡΓΜΑΙ — I have begun, I have started, I have ruled, I have governed
- ἨΡΞΑΜΗΝ — I began, I started
- ἨΡΞΑΤΟ — began, started
- ΗΡΚΤΟ — had begun, had been begun, had been ruled, had been led
- ΗΡΞΑΜ‾Η‾ — I began, I started
- ΗΡΞΑΝΤΟ — they began, they started
- ΤΟΙΣἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those who began, (to) those who started, (to) those who led
- ΩΣἨΡΞΑΤΟ — as it began, as it was begun, how it began, how it was begun
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