ἈΡΧΕΙΝ, ἀρχειν
ARCHEIN, archein
Sounds Like: AR-khein
Translations: to rule, to govern, to lead, to begin, to be first
From the root: ἈΡΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the present active infinitive form of the verb 'ἈΡΧΩ'. It means 'to rule' or 'to govern', indicating the act of exercising authority or leadership over someone or something. It can also mean 'to begin' or 'to be first', referring to the initiation of an action or being in a primary position. It is used to express the purpose or result of an action, or as the subject or object of another verb.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G0757 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 9:7
Aristeas
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 6:18
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 4:77, 8:186
- Book 5 — 4:197, 6:231, 8:236
- Book 8 — 12:311
- Book 11 — 2:23
- Book 12 — 6:163
- Book 13 — 10:291, 16:431
- Book 15 — 2:20, 2:36, 6:192
- Book 16 — 4:134
- Book 17 — 9:224, 9:233
- Book 18 — 2:44
- Book 19 — 4:255
- Book 20 — 2:47
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 11:59
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 1:14, 1:18
- 1 Maccabees — 8:16
- Psalms of Solomon — 17:41
- Isaiah — 11:10, 32:5, 40:23
- Enoch — 9:7
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, ἈΡΧΩ.
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.
- ἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) beginning, (of) having begun, (of) starting
- ἈΡΞΗ — you will begin, you will rule, you will lead
- ἈΡΞΗΤΑΙ — begin, rule, govern, lead
- ἈΡΧΕΙΣ — you rule, you reign, you govern, you lead
- ἈΡΧΕΤΑΙ — he begins, she begins, it begins, he rules, she rules, it rules, he is begun, she is begun, it is begun
- ἈΡΧΗΤΑΙ — be ruled, be governed, be led, be begun
- ἈΡΧΟΜΕΝΗΝ — beginning, starting, a beginning, a starting
- ἈΡΧΩ — to rule, to begin, to lead, to govern, to be first, to be chief
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