ἈΡΧΑΙΣ, ἀρχαις
ARCHAIS, archais
Sounds Like: ar-KHAIS
Translations: (to) beginnings, (to) rulers, (to) authorities, (to) principalities, (to) first places, (to) divisions, (to) companies
From the root: ἈΡΧΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the dative plural form of the noun 'ἈΡΧΗ'. It refers to the initial point of something, a position of authority, or a person holding such authority. In military contexts, it can refer to divisions or companies of soldiers, as seen in the provided examples where it describes groups of people or troops. It indicates the recipient or indirect object of an action.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0746 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 15:12
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 10:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΧΗ.
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.
- ΤΗΣἈΡΧΗΣ — of the beginning, of the rule, of the authority, of the dominion, of the first, of the origin, of the chief, of the principality
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